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Enduring love hot air balloon6/12/2023 Logan's death suggests for Clarissa the godlessness of the universe: 'It had seemed to her that Logan's fall was a challenge no angel could resist, and his death denied their existence'. Left to drift, the young boy brings down the balloon himself. What most disturbs the witnesses of the balloon accident is that the rescuer, a good family man, not only dies, but his sacrifice is pointless. In fairy tales and other stories of courage from the pre-modern era, heroism was rewarded. The structure of his face is shattered by a 'radical Picassoesque violation of perspective'. Eventually Logan, the only one to persevere with the act of altruism once it becomes dangerous, is destroyed in a manner that undermines his very identity as a human being. Instead their failure to communicate makes the rescue impossible. A unanimous view of the problem would have resulted in everyone gripping a rope and bringing the balloon under control. The event, which preoccupies the main characters for the duration of the story, also serves as a symbol, reflecting both the structure and the moral atmosphere of the postmodern novel.Īs the plight of the ballooners becomes apparent, characters from different backgrounds converge on a single point. Enduring Love begins with one of the most visual and dramatic openings of recent fiction-the abortive attempt to rescue a boy from a hot air balloon.
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