Saturday 18 February 2012

The End of The Wars

While reading the wars, I have observed that there were three parts to the book each indicated by narrative voice. The first part of the wars was when we were introduced to Robert Ross and we were allowed to establish his internal conflict.
The second part of the wars was chapter four where we were given the narrative voice of Lady Juliet d'Orsey and we too established we internal conflicts.
The third part of the book was when Robert Ross returned to France after his leave. Upon his arrival, we see a change in his tone as it seems that he isn't the highest in command although he is a captain for the allies.
This book is a circular book meaning, we are introduce to parts at the end of the book that we were introduced to at the beginning; the scene where Robert is riding the horse with the little black puppy at his side behind a group of about 150 horses. (This is just like The House of the Spirits; "Barabas returned to us from the sea").
This book can also be related to MacBeth as we see with his ego (it is actually his craziness) which brings his to his pathetic downfall due to the act that he didn't want to let the horses go free when he knew he was going to die.
Overall, I likes the book. I liked it's circular structure and it's many narrative points of view. Most of all, I liked how the author was able to put together a story using transcripts and clippings, it bright light to the story, letting me know the deeper meaning behind the context.

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