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The End Of The Affair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

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Essay Topics

1.

How does Greene foreshadow Sarah’s illness in the early passages of the book, and in what ways can her death be considered the fault of other characters?

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Sarah and Bendrix are alone in his house when the V1 rocket hits. After the attack, how does the building itself function as a metaphor within the text?

3.

As a writer, Bendrix feels compelled to tell his story. How is the act of writing (and the literature it produces) portrayed in the book?

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