Novel "Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes

Novel "Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes

1. What is the meaning of phrase ‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email?
This phrase can be interpreted in various ways like Tony is self-centric narrator and he think Veronica’s mother sent 500 dollar because she damages him is silly thing.
Ans: For Sarah it means because of Tony she got handsome young boy who in love with her and that’s why she sent money to him which is blood money for Veronica. She may felt guilty of Adrian’s suicide and she wants to blame Tony or wants to regret for that and so she sent him. Veronica thinks that because of Tony Adrian would have relation with her mother. If Tony had not sent letter to Adrian or informed him that if you are not believe in me than ask her own mother who will inform you. And Adrian may go to ask her and since there their relation would have started and she became pregnant and that’s why intellectual Adrian had suicide. It means Tony played feelings of people and which lead to the destruction of some character’s life like Veronica, Sarah, baby, Adrian so it is blood money.

 

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

 

Veronica and junior adrian can be called siblings Likewise sarah Also adrian were those guardians. We might also say that Adrian, who might have been Tony’s friend, might have been sufferting from mental trauma What's more required Run frantic Similarly as he could be called the step father tan for veronica.

4.  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?

Ans: Adrian highly philosophical man and one side he cannot think of 

suicide but as said that there are more things in the world than 

philosophy same may he thinks and suicide. We cannot say he is retarded because we need courage to control self by suicide and he justifies his suicide with logic so I think he is powerful man who felt guilty of his KARMA and so he suicide.

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