The Sense of An Ending Creative Project

The Sense of An Ending Creative ProjectKylie McCalmont3v3 Quick SummaryThe Sense of An Ending-Tonys Webster's idea of how old friend and enemy Adrian Finn diedTony writes letterAdrian commits suicideVeronica exposes truthGuiding AP Prompt2009. A symbol is an object, action, or event that represented something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meeting. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how the symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the prompt.

Thesis Addressing PromptIn The Sense of the Ending, Julian Barnes asserts how time and memories can be easily distorted using Tonys tainted perspective of his dark past after 40 years. A distortion represented by the fluidity of water that allows time be manipulated, ultimately shielding ones self from facing reality. Literary Symbol: WaterSymbolizes

Fluidity of time and memoriesPace- fast or slowCan condensate- clouds memoriesAbility to change (solid, liquid, gas)

Quotes-First Sentence of NovelA river rushing nonsensically upstream and the latter, another river, broad and grey. (Barnes 1)shiny inner wrist (Barnes 1)steam rising from a wet sink. (Barnes 1)

Ultimate Theme (Essence)Facing RealityIs this real life or is this just fantasy?

And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but---mainly---to ourselves. (Barnes 105)Fluidity approximate memories which time has deformed into certainty. (Barnes 4)Time and memories can be distorted Half throw the hot frying pan into the wet sink. Water fizzed and steam rose at the impact.The tendency for a memory to change

Pace of Time And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time's malleability. Some emotions speed it up, others slow it down; occasionally, it seems to go missing - until the eventual point when it really does go missing, never to return.(Barnes 1-2) Severn BoresThoughts of damp and cold vanished as the river simply seemed to change its mind, and a wave, two or three feet high, was heading towards us, the water breaking across a whole width.Take a Closer LookCan you identify this?

Take One Step BackWhat about this?

Creative SymbolEyeball with Water ColorsWater colorsFluidityVeins Clarity Eye Sight and perception

Represents the Theme (Essence)Works CitedBarnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print.