Thinking Activity of Sense Of an Ending

 The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel. Ambiguity  by British author Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending is narrated by  retired friends for life. When past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken. In October 2011, the novel awarded the Man Booker Prize. This blog is part of the thinking activity.

#About Author

Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.^[1] In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories.

In 2004 he became a Commandeur of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His honours also include the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.

  

  # “History is that certainly produced at the point where the imperfection of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation”. How far can you agree with this definition of Adrian? Justify you answer with  reference to your reading of “The Sense of an Ending”.

  “History is that certainly produced at the point where the imperfection of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation” Adrian give this definition. The whole novel based on the history and memory. In his school days I his class he say this thing about history. Adrian commit suicide. Tony got one later by the lawyer’s.  I agree with the Adrian’s definition. Because the history told by the person with not such a proof about the history. The history was not in the written form. If anybody write it was reliable thing. The thing said by the people is change the meaning when we listen. People can’t remember full information they forget something about that. So the information is lake some point so it was unreliable. In history memory of imperfection we see.

# The Sense of an Ending as a Postmodernist novel.

   

The novel has the characteristics of modern text. The characteristics of the postmodern text is intertextuality, juxtaposition, fragmentation, discontinuity, inability to face the real world and ambiguity. Juxtaposition this characteristic we see in character of the Tony. When tony get a photocopy he feel guilty. Because when in the first part talk about veronica and Adrians relationship he feel bad because he writing about their relationship. With time changing view of change in man or way of looking things change. In the novel we see the Ambiguity. In the end of the novel can’t solve the mystery of the reason of Adrian’s Suicide, veronica’s mother dislikes her so much to destroy her love relationship. The ambiguity see in this thing.

#’It is not about what we ‘do’, it is about how we ‘remember’ what we have done?’. Illustrate with reference to the novel ‘The Sense of an Ending’.

The quote ‘It is not about what we ‘do’, it is about how we ‘remember’ what we have done?’. This quote related the character of Tony. Remember the thing is very important because the many time the remember the thing help as a proof. Memory  is important because many time we see that or think about that we solve many thing. We learn from that.