I am about to finish Brighton Rock. This might be my favorite novel to date for Contemporary British Novel. I love the element of good and evil in the story and the setting of Brighton makes me remember visiting Atlantic City and the boardwalk and the casinos and the all the amusements there to attract people and their money. Greene seems to be analyzing human nature in Brighton Rock. His portrayal of Pinkie and Ida and Rose provide us with characters that could be real life people who are not complex, but who simply hold profoundly different views on life and on religion and on goodness and evil. There is no time for Flann O'Brien's novel; we have run out of weeks in this all to short eight week literature class. I suspect that I will try to provide some insight into O'Brien's work in my final project due next week (perhaps a webpage centered around his life and works). Well, this may be the last time to post on my Blog for quite awhile, as I have no other classes scheduled with Dr. Hochenauer. If I don't write in again, then I wish myself God's speed in finishing this Masters degree, for I am tired and burning out fast. It has all been a great ride!
shamilton