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About This Novel
"Church Spire" is Golding's important masterpiece. It is a masterpiece that deeply explores the intricacies of human faith and despair, ideals and reality. Patriarch Jocelyn of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary felt a real call from the Lord to build a church steeple four hundred feet high for the glory of the Lord. He naively thought that as long as he was "pious" and had a firm "will", God would definitely help him build a spire that reaches heaven from the ground. Of course, the result was a complete failure. In "Church Spire", Golding places the hope of mankind in seeking an ideal state, and also reveals the real living conditions in which ideals are eventually shattered; noble aspirations and ugly reality, the struggle for good and sinful desires are intertwined; through the intertwined images of absurdity and reality, and the artistic technique of using both symbol and metaphor, the author profoundly reveals the truth of human nature and society.
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Very good, worth reading
It would be better if there is an original version. It must be beautiful if it is written in cursive characters.
Rating
Community(0)
Official(1)
Very good, worth reading
It would be better if there is an original version. It must be beautiful if it is written in cursive characters.
