The story is of a human being sucked into a web of deceipt by people who use him as a vehicle for their own ends. It is at times harrowing and violent. I found some parts very difficult to read. But it is also very moving and realistic; there is humour and frailty mixed in with the dark and dangerous, there is some compassion though not nearly enough, but this tale is of an hour in our history when compassion for humanity was thin on the ground.
I felt completely empathetic with the main character; the story unfolded for me as it did for him. I knew as little as he did, I trusted the other characters as he did, I suspected nothing, and only had my moments of doubt as he had his moments of doubt. When he realised how the people he had looked up too for all of his life, had used and abused him, I felt completely devastated. But his recognition of the truth as it really was, was a turning point for both the fictional character and for myself as the reader. In the end, he realises that the only person who can help him is himself. That he is the controller of his own destiny and that only he can make decisions about his own life. This resonated with me on many levels and I took away from this book the knowledge that there are only a very few people whom you can truly trust. His strength at the end was a symbol of hope.
For my Book Cover ideas, I will re-read parts of the story and dip into it to find my inspiration, but there is more research I need to carry out before moving on any further with the assignment. Now I will play with ideas, work on my sketch book and see what happens.
Tavistock was very quiet today and I was disappointed with the photographs I shot. I was quite amused though that I was drawn to the Fruit and Vegetable Stall! It seems "You can take the woman out of nature, but you cant take nature out of woman!"
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