1. The Day My Life Changed Forever
In my interpretation of the novel, I shall argue that Krespel is not a controlling solipsist, but rather a misconceived artist who comes to a redefining self-revelation through the loss of his daughter. ... Even in less dramatic incidents, Krespel turns things of one nature into something completely different "There was a hare at table, and I noticed that he carefully polished the bones on his plate, and made particular inquiries for the feet," (163) What to Krespel could have been thought of as a small masterpiece, looked to the narrator to simply be him playing with his food. ......
In my interpretation of the novel, I shall argue that Krespel is not a controlling solipsist, but rather a misconceived artist who comes to a redefining self-revelation through the loss of his daughter. ... Even in less dramatic incidents, Krespel turns things of one nature into something completely different "There was a hare at table, and I noticed that he carefully polished the bones on his plate, and made particular inquiries for the feet," (163) What to Krespel could have been thought of as a small masterpiece, looked to the narrator to simply be him playing with his food. ......