The Violent Bear it Away II

To decide whether or not this novel is a bildungsroman was a very difficult thing to decide. We are so used to reading about characters who have happy endings or at least have things result for the best. Yet in this novel there was something so disturbing about it that personally it moved me to my very core. It could have been because it presents us with the dark side of real things. The events, characters and themes of this book are all things that maybe are not known to us and our inmediate surroundings but that inevitably are out there. Things so disturbing that our minds cannot possibly grasp the lure of such confussion and dispair as we see in all of the characters. In contrast to the characters we've seen before, many of them already had a predetermined mindset of their own and developed normally under societal standards. In the Violent Bear it away we saw a completely different young man who was immersed in something so deep that he could not overcome it on his own. Yet, characteristic of all bildungsroman is the adventure and a set journey in which the character embarks. Frankie goes on the journey to try and find himself and figure out life. thing which did not end well unfortunately. Yet the basis for this journey and wanting to grow is there, thus making is a bildungsroman.