THE SENSE OF AN ENDING

Prepared by Yesha Bhatt

PRESENTORS

Ankita Gohel Umaba Gohil Jayati Thakar Yesha Bhatt

KEY FACTS FULL TITLE  ·  The Sense of an Ending AUTHOR  ·  Julian Barnes TYPE OF WORK  · Novel GENRE  ·   Literary fiction, Psychological

Thriller, Memory novel LANGUAGE  · English TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN  · 1960s

suburban London, England, Present DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION  · August 4,

2011 NARRATOR  ·  Tony Webster POINT OF VIEW  · First Person Point of View TONE  · Enigmatic, Mysterious, Ambiguous ,

Lyrical

TENSE  · Past, Present SETTING (PLACE)  · England PROTAGONIST  . Tony Webster MAJOR CONFLICT  ·  Webster’s break up with

Veronica and search for the reason of Adrian’s Suicide

RISING ACTION  . Three school friends, one of whom is Tony Webster is joined by a fourth, Adrian Finn, much cleverer than other group members

CLIMAX . Tony learns that Adrian commits suicide

FALLING ACTION  · Webster re-established contact with Veronica to re-evaluate the past

JULIAN BARNES Born : 19 January 1946,

England

Full name : Julian Patrick Barns

Pseudonym: Dan Kavanagh (crime fiction)

Occupation : Writer

Nationality : English

Genre : Novel, short-stories, Essays

CHARACTERS

Adrian Finn

Tony Webster

Veronica Ford

Mrs. Sarah Ford

Margaret

RobsonJunior Adrian

SUMMARY Friendship in school Suicide of Robson Veronica Veronica and Adrian Letters Marriage and suicide Letter ‘Blood Money’ ‘Formula’ Meetings 1 2 3 Revelation of secret

Tony Webster

Adrian Finn

vowed to remain

friends for life

SUICIDE OF ROBSONHe committed this act after his girlfriend became pregnant.

Veronica Ford

The boys graduate and separate. Tony got a girlfriend, After some time she took him to meet her family.

Veronica got an instant connection with Adrian and broke up with Tony

Tony received a letter from Veronica's mother more or less congratulating him for ending the relationship.

later received a latter from Adrian requesting his permission to date Veronica

Mrs. Sarah Ford

He met Margaret, got married, had a daughter and got divorced.

He come to know that Adrian had committed suicide

500 pounds and two documents

one is with Veronica (Adrian's diary)

He mailed Veronica through Jack to get diary but Veronica responds with the phrase "Blood Money"

BLOOD MONEY The right definition of 'Blood

Money' is the money paid by the murderer to victims family as an act of penance. Veronica who sees her mom responsible for Adrian suicide refers the money Sarah left to Tony, Adrian's friend and most likely to be  the last surviving kin  of Adrian as blood money.

B = S –V +/X A1

A2 + V + A1 X S = B?

Equation 1: Sara who has an unhealthy relationship with Veronica( jealousy)  causes her to have a more passionate relationship with Adrian  that lead to the formation of an another life, a baby.

Equation 2: Anthony   who had a meaningful relationship with Veronica, who started to date Adrian after breaking up with Tony, indirectly lead Adrian to have more important relationship  with Sara which lead to the formation of a baby.

1st meeting – death of Veronica’s mother and father

2nd meeting – Life of Tony after breaking up with her.

3rd meeting – she shows him a man

He called Veronica by her

middle name “Mary”

A man is a Junior Adrian and a son of Sara and Adrian – Brother of Veronica- Mentally ill

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The sense of an Ending Themes

SYMBOLS1. Adrian's Diary More than just Adrian's thoughts leading up his

suicide, this diary symbolizes Tony's past life, when he was really friends with Adrian and dating Veronica. He is desperately chasing after this past and the diary, not to learn more about Adrian's last days, but to rediscover the truth

2. Severn Bore This natural event in which the river Severn reacts

with the ocean and causes a wave represents the impossible in Tony's life and how it can still take place, no matter how logically ridiculous it might seem. More specifically, it can symbolize his rekindling of his relationship with Veronica.

3. Adrian's Math Formula Quite literally this seemingly mismatched

jumble of symbols and variables holds the key to the events leading to Adrian's suicide (A=Anthony/Adrian B=Baby M=Mother V=Veronica). As soon as Tony realizes the truth in the pub he is able to decipher this.

4. Fruit cake 5. Chips

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