An Analysis of William Golding's Free Fall
Mendoza, Janine Aleli B. Prof. Alvin S. Tugbo
II-2 AB/BSE Literature March 26, 2013
The Many Hats of Samuel Mountjoy: Essence, Freedom and Choice
An Analysis on William Golding’s Novel “Free Fall”
“I have hung all systems on the wall like row of useless hats. They do not fit. They come in from the outside, they are suggested patterns, some dull and some of great beauty.”
Free Fall; Sammy Mountjoy; pg. 2
Free Fall is not a mere story of a man’s “fall”, but a consuming story of search, existence, choice and self-realization. It is a story of an artist, an artist who tries to interpret the connection of his past experiences to his present stature. Having a constant question in mind as to when and how he lost his “freedom”, Sammy recaptures the events in his childhood, adolescence and youthful maturity, and how these stages define his existence.
I. The Novel (An Overview)
Free Fall is a novel by William Golding, consisting of 14 chapters, narrated in first person perspective. It is a narration of Sammy’s past experiences and how he viewed each and every experience, how they affected him and how they make up the present Sammy.
Sammy very wisely determines to examine himself and is keen for his self-understanding rather than his art. The story is divided into different phases of his life.
(Dr. Jyoti P. Mehta, N. C. Gandhi & B. V. Gandhi Mahila College, Bhavnagar)
Sammy looks back into his life and tries to answer his own questions by searching and dipping himself into a quest for realization. Sammy starts his quest with the urge to know when he did lose his freedom and free will. This now bring us to the central question of his quest.
"When did I lose my freedom?" (William Golding; Free Fall, page 5)
II. The Novelist: William Goding
William Golding has achieved his reputation as one of England’s great authors only recently. His first novel “Lord of the Flies” was first published in the United States in 1955. The book
II-2 AB/BSE Literature March 26, 2013
The Many Hats of Samuel Mountjoy: Essence, Freedom and Choice
An Analysis on William Golding’s Novel “Free Fall”
“I have hung all systems on the wall like row of useless hats. They do not fit. They come in from the outside, they are suggested patterns, some dull and some of great beauty.”
Free Fall; Sammy Mountjoy; pg. 2
Free Fall is not a mere story of a man’s “fall”, but a consuming story of search, existence, choice and self-realization. It is a story of an artist, an artist who tries to interpret the connection of his past experiences to his present stature. Having a constant question in mind as to when and how he lost his “freedom”, Sammy recaptures the events in his childhood, adolescence and youthful maturity, and how these stages define his existence.
I. The Novel (An Overview)
Free Fall is a novel by William Golding, consisting of 14 chapters, narrated in first person perspective. It is a narration of Sammy’s past experiences and how he viewed each and every experience, how they affected him and how they make up the present Sammy.
Sammy very wisely determines to examine himself and is keen for his self-understanding rather than his art. The story is divided into different phases of his life.
(Dr. Jyoti P. Mehta, N. C. Gandhi & B. V. Gandhi Mahila College, Bhavnagar)
Sammy looks back into his life and tries to answer his own questions by searching and dipping himself into a quest for realization. Sammy starts his quest with the urge to know when he did lose his freedom and free will. This now bring us to the central question of his quest.
"When did I lose my freedom?" (William Golding; Free Fall, page 5)
II. The Novelist: William Goding
William Golding has achieved his reputation as one of England’s great authors only recently. His first novel “Lord of the Flies” was first published in the United States in 1955. The book
References: Free Fall; William Golding; September 1967, Pocket Book edition; Harcourt, Brace and world, USA. B. R. Johnson ; "Golding 's First Argument: Theme and Structure in Free Fall" (PDF File) Higdon, David Leon: Time and English Fiction, Basingstoke/ London bn1977 (PDF File) O 'Donell, Patrick:"Journeying the Centre: Time, Pattern, and Transcendence in William Golding 's 'Free Fall ' ", Ariel 11 (1980) 3, 83-98. (PDF File) Web Reference: http://philosophynow.org/issues/32/Existentialism_and_Literature