Trevor Shelden
Ms. Forrestal
Consciousness of the Self
10/6/14
From a Room Without a View to a Room With One In E.M. Forster 's novel A Room with a View, transformation and change not only plays a large role in the life of the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch, but with many of the other main individuals in this classic old fashion story. Change occurs in various forms for many different characters in this book, such as personal discovery, coming of age, moving to and from countries, and falling in love. Even though the story starts and ends in exactly the same location, a small hotel room in Florence, Italy. What ends up happening between the opening and closing chapters is a series of actions Lucy takes in order for her to be independent. When …show more content…
As a result of these experiences we see the metamorphosis George goes through as well. In the end, the culmination of the story results in what the narrator and we as readers want. George and Lucy showing us how life can be lived, filled with love and purpose.
Every decision Lucy makes in her young life has been influenced by someone else’s ideals. In the beginning of the book Lucy’s older cousin Charlotte Bartlett who embodies English society joins Lucy to travel to Italy. Because of the way Charlotte acts and upholds her self, she imposes her ideals on Lucy. Forcing Lucy to act a certain way, she is not supposed to go out alone, she is not allowed to wear what she wants, and she can’t even make her own decisions. However, this all changes when she goes to Italy. With the change of location that happens in the book it allows Lucy to change. She embraces the free flowing Italian ideals. Italy gives Lucy perspective on what her life was …show more content…
We realize that George and Lucy are the couple for each other. When George and Lucy are together it feels almost effortless, in comparison to the awkward tension when Cecil is with Lucy. George and Lucy display a type of passion and happiness in the last few moments of the story, when George says “‘Now kiss me here; then here’” (195). This is something Cecil wanted so desperately, however, will not achieve because of his social awkwardness and pretentious views. In retrospect George and Lucy helped us as the reader learn what love can be like, and how our lives can end up just like theirs. These two aided us in broadening our perspective as individuals to see hope in our everyday lives. They turned our regular normal room, into an eye opening room with a
Ms. Forrestal
Consciousness of the Self
10/6/14
From a Room Without a View to a Room With One In E.M. Forster 's novel A Room with a View, transformation and change not only plays a large role in the life of the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch, but with many of the other main individuals in this classic old fashion story. Change occurs in various forms for many different characters in this book, such as personal discovery, coming of age, moving to and from countries, and falling in love. Even though the story starts and ends in exactly the same location, a small hotel room in Florence, Italy. What ends up happening between the opening and closing chapters is a series of actions Lucy takes in order for her to be independent. When …show more content…
As a result of these experiences we see the metamorphosis George goes through as well. In the end, the culmination of the story results in what the narrator and we as readers want. George and Lucy showing us how life can be lived, filled with love and purpose.
Every decision Lucy makes in her young life has been influenced by someone else’s ideals. In the beginning of the book Lucy’s older cousin Charlotte Bartlett who embodies English society joins Lucy to travel to Italy. Because of the way Charlotte acts and upholds her self, she imposes her ideals on Lucy. Forcing Lucy to act a certain way, she is not supposed to go out alone, she is not allowed to wear what she wants, and she can’t even make her own decisions. However, this all changes when she goes to Italy. With the change of location that happens in the book it allows Lucy to change. She embraces the free flowing Italian ideals. Italy gives Lucy perspective on what her life was …show more content…
We realize that George and Lucy are the couple for each other. When George and Lucy are together it feels almost effortless, in comparison to the awkward tension when Cecil is with Lucy. George and Lucy display a type of passion and happiness in the last few moments of the story, when George says “‘Now kiss me here; then here’” (195). This is something Cecil wanted so desperately, however, will not achieve because of his social awkwardness and pretentious views. In retrospect George and Lucy helped us as the reader learn what love can be like, and how our lives can end up just like theirs. These two aided us in broadening our perspective as individuals to see hope in our everyday lives. They turned our regular normal room, into an eye opening room with a