The Sense of An Ending- Julian Barnes - Part One by Escola Oficial d'Idiomes de Barcelona-Drassanes https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl Discussion questions en-us 2021-02-10 12:14:07 UTC 2025-09-24 07:56:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Question 1: What strikes you about the memories of the narrator that open the novel? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186963893 2021-02-10 12:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186963893 Question 2: What is the concept of 'time' described by the narrator? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186965550 2021-02-10 12:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186965550 Question 3: What do you make of Adrian's statement, citing Camus, that 'the only true philosophical question is suicide.'? How does this he says ties in with the letter he left to the coroner (p.48) after his own suicide? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186966458 2021-02-10 12:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186966458 Question 4: What do you make of Adrian's statement about the central problem of history being 'The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us.' recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186967210 2021-02-10 12:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186967210 Question 5: When Robson commits suicide, how do the different characters react? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186968858 2021-02-10 12:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186968858 Question 6: When Colin replies to the history teacher that 'History is a raw onion sandwich.', what does he mean? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186969986 2021-02-10 12:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186969986 Question 7: recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186970614 From pages 20 to 32, the narrator gives the account of Veronica as his girlfriend, and how he met her family, and how he introduced her to his gang of friends. What struck you the most about these passages? 

]]> 2021-02-10 12:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186970614 Question 8: When Tony breaks up with Veronica, he soon after receives a letter from her mother. Why do you think she did this? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186971734 2021-02-10 12:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186971734 Question 9: recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186972494 Do you understand Tony's reaction upon receiving Adrian's letter and his subsequent reply?]]> 2021-02-10 12:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186972494 Question 10: On page 56, Tony says : 'I survived. [...] History isn't the lies of the victors [...] It's more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious nor defeated.' To what extent do you agree with his viewpoint? recursos https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186973376 2021-02-10 12:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/recursos/okgqu5g548n3shwl/wish/1186973376