Questions and answers of novel "Sense of an Ending"

1. What is the meaning of phrase ‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email?

This phrase can be interpreted in various ways like Tony is self-centric narrator and he think Veronica’s mother sent 500 dollar because she damages him is silly thing.

Ans: For Sarah it means because of Tony she got handsome young boy who in love with her and that’s why she sent money to him which is blood money for Veronica. She may felt guilty of Adrian’s suicide and she wants to blame Tony or wants to regret for that and so she sent him.  Veronica thinks that because of Tony Adrian would have relation with her mother. If Tony had not sent letter to Adrian or informed him that if you are not believe in me than ask her own mother who will inform you. And Adrian may go to ask her and since there their relation would have started and she became pregnant and that’s why intellectual Adrian had suicide. It means Tony played feelings of people and which lead to the destruction of some character’s life like Veronica, Sarah, baby, Adrian so it is blood money.

2.  How do you decipher the equation: b = s – v x/+ a1 or a2 + v + a1 X s = b?

Ans:

1).    b = s – v x/+ a1

S =Sarah, V =Veronica, a1 =Adrian, b =baby

Baby = Sarah – Veronica + Adrian

Baby =Sarah + Adrian

Sarah reducing her relation with Veronica, her daughter and making fruit full or happy with Adrian but out of it this deform bay produce.

2).     a2 + v + a1 X s = b?

a2 = Anthony Webster, V = Veronica, S = Sarah, b = Baby

Antony Webster + Veronica + Adrian + Sarah= baby

Antony had relation with Veronica but letter on they break up and Adrian’s date started with Veronica. Adrian went to Sarah, Veronica’s mother which gave just a small piece, baby.

3. Adrian’s diary is willed to Tony by Sarah Ford. How come Sarah Ford owned it? Why was it in the possession of Veronica?

Ans: As Sarah Ford informed Tony that “Adrian was happy in his last days” and he was with Sarah than obliviously he has given his personal things to her. She wants to give to Tony and so she think that may it possible through Veronica and she left it that’s how diary was in Veronica’s possession.

4.  Was the mentally retarded middle aged ‘Adrian’, Tony’s friend who did not commit suicide and was suffering from trauma and thus gone mad, and was living with hidden identity?

Ans: Adrian highly philosophical man and one side he cannot think of suicide but as said that there are more things in the world than philosophy same may he thinks and suicide. We cannot say he is retarded because we need courage to control self by suicide and he justifies his suicide with logic so I think he is powerful man who felt guilty of his KARMA and so he suicide.

It seems to suicide is difficult than live life. “A short life happy life” is better than suffering from trauma and has gone mad, and living with hidden identity.  Tony suffers a lot but still he justifies himself as courageous because he faced many things which shows the capability of person. Suicide is escape from life means to do this crime one must capable of facing such situation.

5. How was Veronica related to Adrian, the one suffering in care-in-the-community?

Ans: It is not clear but according to the interaction of Tony with other fellow and Junior Adrian it indicates Veronica and Junior Adrian are sibling to whom she take care as other are doing.

6. Do you see any missing block – some dot which is not getting connected with the whole or dot missing to get full sense of the novel - in the plot of this psychological thriller?

Ans: The novel is unfolding covers step by step so I think everything is revealed at the end but audience must have to read in multiple ways so the answer will be not clear about some mystery.

7. Do you see any possible reason in the suicide of Adrian Finn?

Ans: He controlled his life so he challenged to Nature. He is clever, smart.….

8.  In the light of new revelations, how do you read character of Veronica? Instinctive, manipulative, calculating, stubborn, haughty, sacrificial, trustworthy, Good Samaritan?

Ans: This all are some extent true to her in different situation. She was instinct when she was just friend of Tony. If she lie about diary that she has burnt it than she is stubborn. She is haughty when she talks to Tony because she ever uses you never get. Sacrificial in term of taking care of Junior Adrian.

9.   What do you mean by Unreliable Narrator? Is Tony Webster classifiable as Unreliable Narrator?

Ans: Tony is unreliable narrator but it doesn’t mean the story is fake or without intellectuality. He explain the thing at the age 60 than how can possible for an old man to remember or recall his younger days as usual. He tries to connect the dot with his new ideas which he has experienced. I think Tony is classified as Unreliable Narrator because he remembers such things which had happen with him and at the end that all cleared by himself so.