Kaylee Friday Post

As of Friday, I have completed Part One of A Sense of An Ending. As a whole I think it gives the reader an efficient background of the Tony Webster’s life. In pages I read, Tony learns of Adrian’s suicide. I was pretty surprised when I heard this news. However, it makes total sense. I agree with the accusations that is was indeed too clever, in the fact that he could convince himself of anything. I also think that his level of consciousness made him powerless to society. As Alex said, it was a f*cking terrible waste. And this statement holds a lot of truth because Alex had endless possibilities and it is unimaginable the impact he could have on the world around him if he had chosen to utilize it completely. He had an unimaginable way of looking at the world therefore he had unimaginable potential.

I believe his reasoning as to why Adrian did what he did because I think that he would only speak the truth about his feelings. However, I can’t say that I completely agree with it. Because this “gift” that we received without even asking is literally all we have, so if you throw it away you are left with nothing. It is being passive about life if you believe in the laws of nature, but that’s life and experience. You have to work with what you got at the end of the day. Tony mentions at the end of Part One that he is a survivor, he withstood everything and now he can live to tell of his memories. In a sense, this makes Tony stronger than Adrian because in the end he was the one who lived and flourished. As Darwin would explain, it is the survival of the fittest. But this would conclude that Adrian was a weakling and non-deserving of life - meant to die off. So ultimately, a conscious mind such as Adrian’s dubs a person inadequate and an ordinary mind lives on. They are also other perspectives to this point because some could argue that Adrian did not need to live his entire life to receive the significance and experience it holds, he instead was far more advanced and wished to move on to the next step. I really enjoyed this section of reading and I’m excited to see where the book heads next.