A Room With A View (2ND BOOK REVIEW)
A Room with a View
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In Edward Morgdan Forster’s novel, “A Room With A View”, the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch is shown to be a young woman of a high social status. She is also shown to be a woman who is habituated to follow the good standard of behavior and manners within Britain. Lucy Honeychurch visits Florence, Italy and happens to meet two new characters at the guest house. These two characters are Mr. Emerson and his son, George Emerson, who is a passionate free-willed boy. Even though the Emersons are rude and ill-mannered to the guests at the pension, Lucy does not get offended and rather likes them and happens to see them occasionally. Lucy was once a woman who didn’t show her emotions and desires, however this all changed as she became closer to George Emerson. She starts to show her emotions desires in front of him. As she goes back to Britain, she decides to live her life by following her dreams and passion instead of being the normal proper British woman within society. In conclusion, Lucy, instead of marrying her fiance, Cecil, she decies to marry George Emerson, the man who she truly loves.
I thought about committing suicide after lokoing at the blank and boring cover and by the small font within the book. I believed it would be hard but I found out that the novel was actually an easy read. I hope readers who enjoy complicated tories would find out that the novel is not as difficult asd it looks. I have to say that compared to some of E.M. Forsters other novels, “A Room With A View” is definitely a simpler and easy book. But don’t think it is a really easy book. The story consists of many metaphors that are complex and the story is more enjoying to read because of the author’s sarcasm. I recommend this novel to anyone who wants a romantic read and those who enjoyed E.M. Forster’s other literary pieces.
“A Room With A View” and many of E.M Forster’s other works show similar writing styles of E.M Forster. His novels consist of ideas on society, class, sexuality, and etc. and shows Forster’s use of symbolism. This allows the reader to see a clear view on the contrast between the characters and the settings within the novel. The novel takes place in two different places: Italy and Britain. Italy seems to represent the renaissance, while Britain shows the strict boundaries and proprieties within British society. The two countries are shown to be different. Italy is shown as dangerous while Britain is the total opposite because careful planning is done to prevent such danger. When Lucy stayed in Italy, she was able to express her emotions and find her desires while she was at the room with a view within the pension. Britain, on the other hand, locked hjer feelings and caused her to remember the significance of fulfilling her role as an ideal British woman. Thus, the setting within the story makes up the huge theme within the novel, which is passion v.s. propriety. George Emerson can be seen as teh key to open the lock of Lucy’s suppressed emotions. You can see Lucy’s true side as she falls in love with George because her passion dominated her propriety. Also, the title “A Room With A View” clearly represents freedom. The room within Italy provides a view which symbolizes Lucy’s passion.
The author Edward Morgdan Forster, is a well-known English writer. He became famous for his literary works consisting of novels, short stories, and essays. His works include irony, symbolism, sarcasm, and the social class within Britain. His works also include the idea of sexuality in alot of his literary pieces. Some of his works include “What I believe” and “Howard’s End”. He passed away at the age of 91 on June 7th 1970.
The cover of "A Room with a View" looks boring and dangerous. However, it is a good read.
