![]() ![]() At times it felt like Moore based her character, and his psychological issues, on the Freudian stages of psychosexual development. He never got over these early problems in his developmental stages thus, they are carried through to adulthood. Moore chronicles the life of this sad character, a man rejected by his farther and abandoned by his mother who still seeks some sense of parental love long into his forties. He has gone on holiday to get over his break-up with his wife, but instead spends the entire trip reminiscing about times gone by. ![]() He is unable to move on and escape from the past so he can get on with his life. Futh may pick up an item or smell a certain smell and he is drawn back in time, ultimately, relaying his memories and demonstrating how they constantly reassert themselves in his present state. This creates a stream of consciousness like feel to some parts of the book. Instead of living in the now and making the most of what we do have the human mind always seeks such impossibilities. ![]() ![]() It’s also about futility and the fruitless nature of such longing. And in this Moore provides an excellent case study in the characterisation of Futh, a man who embodies an extreme sense of loneliness. This is a story about emptiness it is a story about how people long for what they do not have, and look for it everywhere and in everyone: it’s a story about empty people and empty lives. ![]()
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