Foe
By: J.M Coetzee
"There's always a wait for the grand finale, the kick, the punch line, the end." -Me
Coetzee does just this with such an extensive end to his work FOE. The
storyline entails a flow of events, characters, and situations that one can grasp easily. There is Susan Barton, one of the main characters, who is searching for her daughter and meets Robinson Crusoe and Friday (his servant)along the way. Robinson dies leaving Susan and Friday on a silent journey together. The simplicity is efficient however, not the kick/punch line for FOE. Reading the end of FOE may lead a mind to go haywire with questions, multiple conclusions,and interpretations. This is all seen in the last chapter of FOE.
WHO IS SPEAKING????? WHOOOOOO???????
This is initially the question asked when trying to conclude FOE.
There is story within story, people within people.
Foe vs. Susan, or is it Friday (who doesn't speak).There are
so many ways to take the end as the quest for the narrator begins
in order to conclude a work.
Just Like COETZEE leaves the reader in a deep thought quest in reference to the end.
I leave you for now in this BLOG of FOE's ending for just a minute. (Just so that my blog too has the same effect of question and chaos just like FOE--as my comments haven't reached the conclusion of FOE).
2 comments:
Aww, brilliant blog, Ana.
I honestly love the book a million times more just because of this ending. It's another example of Coetzee's brilliance.
Yo cup cake lover...This is a cleaver blog :) I love the mystery behind your response. Also I don't think anyone will ever know who the heck is narrating the last chapter of Foe. It's a mystery and will stay that way until Coetzee admits the "WHOOOOOO?" I still think it's Daniel discovering the abandoned island with perishing bodies. But I could be wrong!
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