ENG353Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Timothy Findley, Character Theory, Precognition
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Robert ross is not based on a single person. We find out that he dies in the first few pages, has something to do with horses. Something about him will remain inaccessible something falls to the reader to do something. Prologue all of this happened a long time ago p. 8 historical remove, story occurs after this scene (retelling). The story is over and people don"t want to remember him/forgotten, present tense of the publication of the novel (1970s?) readers as strangers. People who knew him wanted to protect him. Archivist proves that robert was alive, researching historical figures. Incomplete source works in which complete stories are told, imaginative leaps (reader has to make that journey: photographs that show some parts of robert (brother, son). Five by nine and framed in silver dimensions of the photo contrasts with the painting mentioned, reduce the romanticized hero figure/he is an ordinary man (humble), contrast between awkward boy and war hero.
