Destiny (by Richard Yates)
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About This Novel
"Destiny" is a breakthrough transformation in Yates's writing career. The novel focuses on the life dilemma of a down-and-out mother and son. After his parents divorced, Prentiss and his mother depended on each other, but her mother was obsessed with becoming a sculptor. After repeated failures, the lives of mother and son fell into the abyss. Prentiss had to support his mother's emotional support while dealing with the pressure of life. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the army. Prentiss is young, withdrawn and sensitive. The most trivial things in the military camp make him feel shattered and life-threatening. He fully hopes that being a soldier means becoming a hero, but he finds that no matter how hard he works, he always looks like a clown. The war is finally over, but Prentice's life has "no reckoning, no answers, no proof." However, this time Prentiss decided to "run away" as a decision for the future. It is difficult to say whether this is an escape from "destiny" or a compliance with it.
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