What was McEwan attempting to do in writing about science in the form of a novel? How is this opposition explored and challenged in the novel? How does McEwan set up the oppostiion between the emotional and the rational? What insight does this give you into the title? What role does McEwan suggest love plays in the novel? What themes and patterers did you begin to notice on your first read? Talk about what you think McEwan means when he says that 'as a novelist you are entering into a ying to think of the reader as a character in the novel.' Ideas and Patterns - themes and the writer In what ways does he suggest that Joe is an unreliable narrator?ħ. Make a note of McEwan's reasons for writing Enduring Love in the first person. Skim through the novel and identify sections which you think are typical of the different genres he talks about.
List the reasons McEwan gives for using different genres in the novel. What role does McEwan see the balloon accident as playing in the novel? What insight does this contextual information give you into the novel (the storyline, the characters, relationships and so on)? In your own words explain what you now understand about evolutionary psychology. Make notes on McEwan's description of Joe What insight do his decisions give you into the structure of the novel as a whole? Think about the opening chapter and talk about McEwan's suggestion that it is important to get the visual aspect of the novel right. Talk about McEwan's description of the novel's opening as a building. How did the novel evolve and what ideas did he wish to explore in the novel?
Make a note of the ideas and interests which McEwan suggests form the core of the novel.
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