The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an ending
By: Julian Barnes

 This blog is my classroom activity on the Sense of an ending.To show this given this task please click here.

What is the meaning of phrase ‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email?

               Boold money in  veronica reply email means.It was the money that Sarah ford gave it to Tony where there is something hidden intention was there and as it also show some relations like Sarah Ford is responsible for Adrin's suicide so that's why Veronica called Boold Money.

 

How do you decipher the equation: b = s – v x/+ a1 or a2 + v + a1 X s = b?

 

                 b = s – v x/+ a1. In this first formula doesn't involved Tony and seems to imply little more than Sarah and Adrin together in veronica's absence.

                  a2 + v + a1 X s = b? In this formula, A2 = Antony Webster, V = Veronica, A1 = Adrin, S = Sarah Ford, B = Baby, a1xs = a1's relationship with S. Antony Webster ,Veronica and Adrin are friends and the relationship of Adrin with Sarah came as a result of baby.
 Adrian’s diary is willed to Tony by Sarah Ford. Why did Sarah Ford own it? Why was it in the possession of Veronica?

             Adrin  wrote his diary for Tony. This dairy he gave to Sarah Ford because he had affair with Veronica's mother. "Adrin was happy in his last days". It shows that Adrin was happy with Sarah, and she was with Adrin in those days. As Adrin and Sarah were in relation than it's obvious should have Adrin Diary. So until her Death diary was in her possession and in her will she passed that diary to Tony but Veronica was reluctant to hand it over to Tony.

Was the mentally retarded middle aged ‘Adrian’, Tony’s friend who did not commit suicide and was suffering from trauma and thus gone mad, and was living with hidden identity?

                   No, this statement is not true. Adrian is dead.  Adrian was happy in his last few days but he was also suffering from trauma because he felt guilty for what he did.He had also saw this one example of his own friend who also committed suicide because in his school life he made his girlfriend pregnant. So Adrian feels guilty, and then he commits suicide.

 How was Veronica related to Adrian, the one suffering in care-in-the-community?

                 Veronica child Adrin suffering from mental disease and she means Veronica as a mother suffering in care in the community , but letter on as time passes he come to know  that Veronica and Adrin are brother and sister. And as a sister , she carries her brother Adrin.

Do you see any missing block – some dot which is not getting connected with the whole or dot missing to get full sense of the novel - in the plot of this psychological thriller?
           
                   There are many missing block in this novel. Mrs. Sarah Ford's character is very mysterious. many question remains in answered like. What did Sarah Ford told about Veronica to Tony and Adrin that both of them left Veronica ? What is the reason of Adrin and Robson's suicide? 

 Do you see any possible reason in the suicide of Adrian Finn?

                    There are two reasons behind the Adrian's suicide of . First, he is suicide because of the suffering from trauma. Second is he affair with her girlfriend mother and he had burden of There baby and that is why he had also fear from society so that is why he committed suicide .

In the light of new revelations, how do you read character of Veronica? Instinctive, manipulative, calculating, stubborn, haughty, sacrificial, trustworthy, good Samaritan?
           we find two Veronica in the novel. The first image Tony created through his memory is not appropriate for the Veronica of the second part. We believe about Veronia whatever narrated by Tony in the first part. But when as a reader we directly come in contact with her- she is more carring, trustworthy, good Samaritan, who is taking lot of care of young Adrian.
 What do you mean by Unreliable Narrator? Is Tony Webster classifiable as Unreliable Narrator?
 

                     Tony can also be called an unreliable narrator because as from Beginning till the End he can’t remember things exactly, and also he starts his narration by saying that “I remember, in no particular order”. And we also find in the cover page there is one watch which symbolizes the time and the memory of the narrator of the novel. Which also symbolizes the history. And we also see in that cover page that there the title is written in different way that “The Sense” seems inside symbolizes the deep sense of the narrator where he goes back to the past of his memory and the “of an Ending” is written outside in front page it shows the complexity and different ending of this  novel.