![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No one can say he left any loose ends.Ī poster on another forum said the book left him/her with a bad taste in the mouth. But suicide for the character seems to me almost an easy resolution for the author. In one scene, Flory tries to interest Elizabeth in local culture by taking her to shop for tea, and she runs out when a child pisses on the floor in another scene in the same book, Flory shoots himself in the heart? I get that Orwell wanted a sad ending, and that's fine. Most of the things that happen are petty, comedy-of-manners-meets-absurd-empire type stuff. Though the book is dark, it's also really funny and mirthful throughout. It's just out of tone with the rest of the book. But I thought the suicide was totally unnecessary. So even a wedding would have been kind of a sad ending. Imagine, he told her he'd be willing to be married to her and never touch her! That leaves only conversation, and the book clearly establishes they never had a conversation that he found interesting or that fulfilled his need for deep human contact. Though even if he had gotten married to Elizabeth, he would have been miserable with her. I am okay with tragic endings, and certainly the overall outlook of the book did not portend perfect and eternal happiness for Flory. His insight into so many levels of society is excellent. I live in Myanmar and though I've long loved Orwell, I just read this book for the first time. ![]()
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