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I feel like either
A) I’m not yet mature enough to understand this book or
B) This book, for all its poetical waxing, is hollow. The author strived to illustrate the commonalities between characters and how people are innately connected to others, but I feel that she failed to achieve that. Bernard’s statement in the final soliloquy that he does not know whether he is Bernard or Neville or Susan etc. seems out of place and forced. The impression I had gotten from the novel was that each individual was contained, and only brushed up against others. I would point to Dorian Gray as a character who’s internal self was permanently and dramatically changed by the influence of another personality, but I would not point to any of the Waves’ characters. If anything, I would argue that their individuality was obvious from childhood and remained largely unchanged as they aged.
A) I’m not yet mature enough to understand this book or
B) This book, for all its poetical waxing, is hollow. The author strived to illustrate the commonalities between characters and how people are innately connected to others, but I feel that she failed to achieve that. Bernard’s statement in the final soliloquy that he does not know whether he is Bernard or Neville or Susan etc. seems out of place and forced. The impression I had gotten from the novel was that each individual was contained, and only brushed up against others. I would point to Dorian Gray as a character who’s internal self was permanently and dramatically changed by the influence of another personality, but I would not point to any of the Waves’ characters. If anything, I would argue that their individuality was obvious from childhood and remained largely unchanged as they aged.