| The first-person narrator is an intuitive individualist and a sharp observer of what goes on around him. He decides to reject the complacency and ordinariness that he perceives as being the essence of most people's lives. |
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English Novel |
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For many people the worst experience in life is a feeling of utter loneliness. Accompanying this feeling of isolation is the impression that no-one cares about you and that you have no-one to care about; that life is meaningless, there being no purpose to existence. People in such a psychological state draw strength from anything which can give them the notion that they `belong': to a family, a people, a nation, a team or the environment.
Wild Cat Falling is about someone who has been unable to maintain a sense of belonging in such ways.
Each of the three critical essays explores aspects of this issue. |
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- Wild Cat Falling - A Critical Essay: Belonging (33 KB PDF)
- Wild Cat Falling - A Critical Essay: Relationships and origins (32 KB PDF)
- Wild Cat Falling - A Critical Essay: The outsider (34 KB PDF)
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