A Room With A View Analysis

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Lewis Carroll once said, “Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” Webster's New World Dictionary defines "identity" as "the state or fact of being a specific person or thing; individuality" ("identity" 292). Everyone struggles to find out who they are in the world. We each have had to overcome severe obstacles and day to day challenges that have helped shape the person that we are designed to be. That is no different when it comes to Lucy Honeychurch from A Room with a View. The overall plot of the novel involves the constant battle of, who Lucy should be according to society and who she truly is destined to be. In A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster, there is a conflict between what is socially acceptable and what Lucy wants to do with her life and this conflict is expressed through George's desire for Lucy, Cecil's flavorless relationship with Lucy, and Lucy's rebellious nature.
Edward Morgan Forster or more commonly known as E. M. Forster was born in the late 1800s. Forster was born to Edward Llewellyn Forster and Alice Clara Whichelo. After losing his father and brother at such a young age, Forster and his mother moved to Tonbridge Wells, a suburb in London. It was at Tonbridge where Forster found his love for writing. He wrote for his school newspaper and his essays won several awards. However as time passed, Forster began to dislike the English society. His growing hatred for the English society lead to amazing novels and accomplishments in his future.
Forster had a hard time trying to figure out who he was; he questioned his sexuality. Since homosexuality was not widely accepted and severely frowned upon in the English society, Forster fell into a deep depression. Unable to be with someone that he truly lo...

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...ty wants from her, Lucy was rebellious. She manipulated and lied to all those around her. "Like George, she is a young person on a quest for “something big” (Heath 60). Lucy is always second guessing her thoughts and actions. She is always questioning what she is supposed to end up doing with her life. "Lucy converts to her true self by reuniting her body and soul, emotion and reason" (Hinojosa 92). Lucy isn’t really a religious person. She thinks there might be a greater power but isn’t sure. She has a conversion with Mr. Emerson in the beginning of the novel about how “things of the universe… don’t fit” (Forster 29).
In conclusion, Lucy Honeychurch has a difficulty finding herself. E. M. Forster’s novel A Room with a View, demonstrates Lucy’s struggle of finding herself through rebellious actions, George’s desires for her, and her boring engagement with Cecil.

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