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Responsibility, or Death- Analysis of responsibility in John Irving's novel The World According to Garp.
Title: Responsibility, or Death- Analysis of responsibility in John Irving's novel The World According to Garp.
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1502 | Pages: 6.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Responsibility, or Death- Analysis of responsibility in John Irving's novel The World According to Garp.
As author John Irving might suggest, we live in a dangerous world. Irving always warns his children of danger, and admits The World According to Garp "is a novel about being careful, and about that not being enough," (Garp Afterword). Irresponsible adventures plagued Jenny, T.S. Garp, Walt, and nearly every other character in Garp. At first, they believe the outcomes will be insignificant--a cough, perhaps--but they led to the "Under Toad" of …showed first 75 words of 1502 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1502 total…could have been granted one vast and naïve wish, it would have been that he could make the world safe. For children and for grownups. The world struck Garp as unnecessarily perilous for both," (199). Unfortunately, brash ways and careless actions led to the depressing demise of the Garp family and friends. Instant elation prevailed over common sense and thought. Just a few moments to analyze future actions would have prevented a plethora of tragedies.
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