Why Does Faulks Tell The Story In Birdsong
How does Faulks tell the story in pages 243-250 of ‘Birdsong’?
In pages 243-250, Faulks uses the character of Elizabeth to introduce a new section of the story, England 1978. In this section Faulks uses third person narrative to tell the story from Elizabeth’s perspective in order to give an omniscient approach. Faulks uses third person narrative to present the reader with a wide range of different viewpoints from different characters. Faulks alludes to previous events that happened in part 2 but especially when he introduces part 3 like part 2 was introduced. Connotations of love and how life carried on after the wars are also presented in this extract.
Faulks uses strong structural links to Jack Firebrace at the beginning of part 3 with …show more content…
For instance, Faulks writes that Stephen’s granddaughter is in a forbidden love affair which Faulks then juxtaposes to show Stephen and Isabelle’s forbidden love affair. Faulks uses these affairs that are similar to show that nothing had changed before and after the war and to show that there are similarities between the two of them. Elizabeth finds the love affair exciting, like Stephen did with Isabelle and she wants Robert to leave his wife despite the fact that she is pregnant. However, Elizabeth doesn’t appear to feel guilty toward the fact that she is having an affair with a married man which is very similar to Stephen’s affair, ‘when are we getting married?’ Faulks shows that Elizabeth is similar to Stephen in caring profoundly about one person and not caring who is affected in the long run. Faulks changes the role around in part 3 because in part 3 it is the woman who is persistent to run away and elope whereas it was the man in part 1. Consequently, both Stephen and Elizabeth expect future relationships with Isabelle and Robert when in reality they knew that this would never happen. Faulks uses similarities between Stephen and Elizabeth through their love affairs that time will change but life will carry on. This shows the futility of war because although it was life-changing, in the future life will still be the same as it was before the
In pages 243-250, Faulks uses the character of Elizabeth to introduce a new section of the story, England 1978. In this section Faulks uses third person narrative to tell the story from Elizabeth’s perspective in order to give an omniscient approach. Faulks uses third person narrative to present the reader with a wide range of different viewpoints from different characters. Faulks alludes to previous events that happened in part 2 but especially when he introduces part 3 like part 2 was introduced. Connotations of love and how life carried on after the wars are also presented in this extract.
Faulks uses strong structural links to Jack Firebrace at the beginning of part 3 with …show more content…
For instance, Faulks writes that Stephen’s granddaughter is in a forbidden love affair which Faulks then juxtaposes to show Stephen and Isabelle’s forbidden love affair. Faulks uses these affairs that are similar to show that nothing had changed before and after the war and to show that there are similarities between the two of them. Elizabeth finds the love affair exciting, like Stephen did with Isabelle and she wants Robert to leave his wife despite the fact that she is pregnant. However, Elizabeth doesn’t appear to feel guilty toward the fact that she is having an affair with a married man which is very similar to Stephen’s affair, ‘when are we getting married?’ Faulks shows that Elizabeth is similar to Stephen in caring profoundly about one person and not caring who is affected in the long run. Faulks changes the role around in part 3 because in part 3 it is the woman who is persistent to run away and elope whereas it was the man in part 1. Consequently, both Stephen and Elizabeth expect future relationships with Isabelle and Robert when in reality they knew that this would never happen. Faulks uses similarities between Stephen and Elizabeth through their love affairs that time will change but life will carry on. This shows the futility of war because although it was life-changing, in the future life will still be the same as it was before the