Just finished The End of the Affair by Graham Greene and…
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Just finished The End of the Affair by Graham Greene and want to discuss it's ending.
Like the title states, I just finished The End of the Affair and was blown away by Greene's prose and his ability to write about faith, jealousy, hatred, and love. It's easily one of my favorites of his, but I'm a little confused by the ending and wanted to hear someone else's take on it. To me the ending was Bendrix learning to accept God being real through his hatred of him the same way Sarah began to accept God's existence with hatred. Sarah began down the path to turning herself over to God after she made a promise to him that if he saved Bendrix's life she would end the affair and become a woman of God to save both their lives. She hated God for a long time because she was robbed of Bendrix, and felt like she was wandering alone in the desert. She believed in God's existence after a long journey, but mainly through what one could call a miracle (she prayed for God's help and he answered). Bendrix seemingly comes to accept God's existence through the various ways Sarah heals other characters' wounds or illnesses. But Bendrix doesn't love God the way Sarah did, am I to interpret that he is on the path to learning to love God?
(Sorry if none of this makes sense and the long post, if it's formatted weird I'm on mobile).
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Like the title states, I just finished The End of the Affair and was blown away by Greene's prose and his ability to write about faith, jealousy, hatred, and love. It's easily one of my favorites of his, but I'm a little confused by the ending and wanted to hear someone else's take on it. To me the ending was Bendrix learning to accept God being real through his hatred of him the same way Sarah began to accept God's existence with hatred. Sarah began down the path to turning herself over to God after she made a promise to him that if he saved Bendrix's life she would end the affair and become a woman of God to save both their lives. She hated God for a long time because she was robbed of Bendrix, and felt like she was wandering alone in the desert. She believed in God's existence after a long journey, but mainly through what one could call a miracle (she prayed for God's help and he answered). Bendrix seemingly comes to accept God's existence through the various ways Sarah heals other characters' wounds or illnesses. But Bendrix doesn't love God the way Sarah did, am I to interpret that he is on the path to learning to love God?
(Sorry if none of this makes sense and the long post, if it's formatted weird I'm on mobile).
#entertainment
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