Free Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1917-c. 1950
- Setting: Southeastern England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, Freedom, Memory, Sex or sexuality, Art or artists, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, World War II, Guilt, Schools or school life, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, England or English people, Moral conditions, Prisoners of war
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Sammy Mountjoy, the narrator and protagonist, a well-known artist who has risen from abject poverty through his talents. In the novel, he is not concerned about his rise to fame, instead recounting his moral and spiritual development. He finds such development not in the gradually unfolding events of his life but in certain specific moments, recounted as memories. The most significant of such moments is when he lost his innocence and thus the freedom of choice; further, he took on guilt and experienced the bondage of the will. He feels his life is therefore...
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