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    Iain Reid's debut novel "I am Thinking of Ending Things" follows an unnamed young woman who takes a trip with her boyfriend Jesse to meet her parents. Throughout the novel, the woman considers ending her relationship with Jesse but is uncertain how to do so. The story subverts Aristotle's model of the tragic hero by presenting an ambiguous narrative with an unclear plot. It also blurs the lines between genres by having elements of both a love story and a tragedy. The protagonist Jesse may be seen as a tragic hero, though the analysis explores how the story challenges traditional notions of tragedy.

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    Iain Reid's debut novel "I am Thinking of Ending Things" follows an unnamed young woman who takes a trip with her boyfriend Jesse to meet her parents. Throughout the novel, the woman considers ending her relationship with Jesse but is uncertain how to do so. The story subverts Aristotle's model of the tragic hero by presenting an ambiguous narrative with an unclear plot. It also blurs the lines between genres by having elements of both a love story and a tragedy. The protagonist Jesse may be seen as a tragic hero, though the analysis explores how the story challenges traditional notions of tragedy.

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    Iain Reid's debut novel "I am Thinking of Ending Things" follows an unnamed young woman who takes a trip with her boyfriend Jesse to meet her parents. Throughout the novel, the woman considers ending her relationship with Jesse but is uncertain how to do so. The story subverts Aristotle's model of the tragic hero by presenting an ambiguous narrative with an unclear plot. It also blurs the lines between genres by having elements of both a love story and a tragedy. The protagonist Jesse may be seen as a tragic hero, though the analysis explores how the story challenges traditional notions of tragedy.

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    OUTLINE IAIN REID

    I AM THINKING OF ENDING
    THINGS

    Literary Aesthetics
    Dra. Emma Dominguez
    Enric Fernàndez Peiro
    Table of Contents
    • Author Biography
    • Short Summary of the plot
    • Themes
    • Analysis
    - Comparing Jesse to the tragic hero of Aristotle
    - How is ‘’I am thinking of ending things’’ a tragic story?
    • Sources
    Author
    • Born in Ontario, Canada in 1981
    • ‘’I am Thinking of Ending Things
    (2016)’’ is his first novel
    • Writes psychological
    horror/thrillers.
    Short Summary of the Plot

    A young unnamed woman travels with her boyfriend (Jesse) to her parents' farm.
    During the whole novel, she plans to ‘’end things’’ with Jesse but she does not how to do it.
    Analysis
    • Subverting Aristotle’s Idea of the ‘’Tragic Story’’
    • Is the narrator really a character?
    • Is this a love/heartbreak story or would we consider this a Tragedy?
    • Is ‘’Jesse’’ a tragic hero?
    An Aesthetics Analysis of ‘’I am thinking of
    ending things’’
    Tragic Hero Jesse in ‘’I am thinking of ending things’’

    Good and Goodness Selfish

    Appropriateness Snob
    It is ambiguous how rich truly he is.

    Likeness He is beyond miserable for the life he has lived.

    Consistency The story is far from consistent.


    Further Analysis

    • Why do we write stories?


    • Why do we write tragedies?
    Thank you for Listening
    !

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