The Sense of an Ending Lesson Plan

“But of course, my desire to ascribe responsibility might be more a reflection of my own cast of mind than a fair analysis of what happened. That’s one of the central problems of history, isn’t it, sir? The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know the history of the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us” (11).

Explain what this quote means to you and how you think it might apply thematically to the subject matter of the novel.

Strong responses will consider what this quote intends to draw attention to: the fact that history is (or may be) subjective. And one of the primary determining...