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    A Report by Mann Rentoy

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    Brief Biography

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    Ian McEwan

    born on 21 June 1948 in Aldershot,England

    studied at the University of Sussex,where he received a BA degree in

    English Literature in 1970.

    received his MA degree in English

    Literature at the University of East

    Anglia

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    father was a Sergeant Major in the

    British Academy, this is why Ian lived

    abroad in places like Singapore andLibya

    his mother suffered from vasculardementia, the sickness of the main

    character in Atonement, and the

    same sickness of the main charactersmother in Saturday

    an outspoken atheist

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    Prizes and Awards

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    1976 Somerset Maugham Award First Love, Last

    Rites

    1981 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) The

    Comfort of Strangers

    1987 Whitbread Novel Award The Child in Time

    1993 Prix Fmina Etranger (France) The Child in

    Time

    1997 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for

    fiction) (shortlist) Enduring Love

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    1999 Shakespeare Prize (Germany)

    2001 Booker Prize for

    Fiction (shortlist) Atonement

    2001 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for

    fiction) (shortlist) Atonement

    2001 Whitbread Novel

    Award (shortlist) Atonement

    2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction)

    (shortlist) Atonement

    2002 WH Smith Award for

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    2002 WH Smith Award for

    Fiction (shortlist) Atonement

    2002 WH Smith Literary Award Atonement

    2003 National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award

    (USA) Atonement

    2005 Man Booker International Prize (shortlist)

    2006 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (forfiction) Saturday

    2007 Man Booker International Prize (shortlist)

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    2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) On

    Chesil Beach

    2008 British Book Awards Author of the Year OnChesil Beach

    2008 British Book Awards Book of the Year

    Award On Chesil Beach

    2008 Good Housekeeping Book Award (best

    author) On Chesil Beach

    2008 Readers Digest Author of the Year Award

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    2010 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse

    Prize Solar

    2010 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author

    Award

    2011 Jerusalem Prize Winner

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    Works of

    Ian McEwan

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    Reviews & Interviewsabout

    SATURDAY

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    Various Editions

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    SATURDAY

    London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 279 p. (ISBN: 0224072994).

    [Limited, signed edition] London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. 279 p. (ISBN:

    0224076876).New York: Nan A. Talese, 2005. 289 p. (ISBN: 0385511809).

    Toronto: Random House Canada, 2005. 279 p. (ISBN: 0676977618).

    New York: Random House Large Print, 2005. 418 p. (ISBN: 0375435328).

    Zaterdag. (trans. by Rien Verhoef). Amsterdam: De Harmonie, 2005. 327 p.

    (ISBN: 9061697476). [Dutch].

    Shabat. (trans. by Semadar Milo). Tel Aviv: `Am `oved, 2005. 324 p. (ISBN:9651318090). [Hebrew].

    Sbado. (trans. by Jaime Zulaika). Barcelona: Anagrama, 2005. 328 p. (ISBN:

    8433970763). [Spanish].

    Sobota. (trans. by Andrzej Szulc). Warszawa: A.A. Kurylowicz, 2005. 319 p.

    (ISBN: 837359275X). [Polish].

    Saturday. (trans. by Bernhard Robben). Zurich: Diogenes, 2005. 386 p. (ISBN:3257064942). [German].

    London: Vintage, 2006. 279 p. (ISBN: 0099469685).

    Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2006. 279 p. (ISBN: 0676977626).

    New York: Anchor Books, 2006. 289 p. (ISBN: 1400076196).

    Doyoobi(trans. by Taichi Koyama). Tokyo: Shincho-sha, 2007. 351 p. (ISBN-10:

    4105900633 - softcover).

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    In 9 languages:English

    DutchHebrew

    GermanFrench

    Spanish

    PolishRussian

    Japanese

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    The Plot

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    Backdrop:

    February 15, 2003

    Biggest ever assemblyof people in London to

    protest US invasion ofIraq (Post 9/11)

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    Henry PerowneNeurosurgeon

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    * Wakes up at 3:45 am

    * Plane on fire landing

    * Chats with Theo, the son

    * Makes love with Rosalind,

    the wife

    * L f hi l

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    * Leaves for his usual

    Saturday game of squash

    with his anesthetist

    * car accident involvingBaxter and his two goons

    * Henry humiliates him after

    detecting his neural disease

    * Th t b d

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    * The two goons abandon

    Baxter

    * Henry loses the game

    * Henry gets fish for the

    special reunion dinner withfather-in-law, daughter from

    Paris to launch book of poetry

    * Henry visits his mother in a

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    Henry visits his mother in a

    care-giving facility

    * Goes home to prepare

    special dinner

    * Daisy comes home

    * passionate debate about

    the war * Father-in-law arrives

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    Father in law arrives

    * Theo comes home

    * finally, Rosalind comeshome, followed by Baxter and

    one of the goons

    * Baxter holds Rosalind

    hostage

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    * Forces Daisy to recite one

    of her poems

    * Henry convinces Baxter thattheres possible cure for him

    * Baxter asks Henry to show

    him the papers/proof

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    * Once again, the goon

    abandons Baxter

    * Theo and Henry overpower

    Baxter, throwing him downthe stairs

    * police picks up the

    unconscious Baxter

    * Hospital calls Henry to

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    Hospital calls Henry to

    perform operation on Baxter

    * Baxter agrees to perform

    the operation

    * later comes home to make

    love again with Rosalind

    * Sunday begins

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    Characters

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    Henry PerowneRosalindwife of Henry, a lawyer

    Their two children:Daisypoet, studying in Paris

    Theoblues musician, composer

    Henrys Mother - dementia

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    Medical Terms

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    Narrative in VaryingTenses

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    Constant Review ofEvents

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    Lapidary Statements

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    Autobiographical Details

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    Vascular Dementia of

    Henrys Mom

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    Henrys Views on War

    Summary of Events:

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    yPlane Crash

    Chat with Theo

    Henry and Rosalind in bed

    Baxter Encounter in car accident

    Game of Squash

    Fish Market

    Visit to Mom in Care-Giving Facility

    Band Rehearsal of TheoHouse: Preparation for Reunion Dinner

    Daisy Comes Home/Passionate Debate

    Father-in-Law Comes Home

    Theo Comes Home

    Rosalind Arrives with Baxter and a Goon

    Hostage

    Theo and Henry Overpower Baxter

    Surgery of Baxter at the Hospital

    Henry and Rosalind in bed

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    Tiring ExcursionsOr Flaunting Erudition?

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    S i l O ti

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    Surgical Operation

    War, Terrorism, Game ofSquash, Cooking,

    Sickness, Surgery, Brain,

    Television News, Medical

    Language, Mercedes Benz,

    Classical Music

    Style of the Writer/ Writers

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    Style of the Writer/ Writer s

    TraditionThird Person Narrative in the Present Tense

    withFlashbacksRuminations

    Views/Opinions on Various IssuesStream-of-Consciousness-Like Narration

    Historical CommentariesMedical ProceduresCooking Instructions

    Musical AnalysisMedical Diagnosis

    PoeticsCritique of Culture

    Conclusion:

    This is Post-Modern

    Touches of

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    Touches of

    Stream-of-Consciousness

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    Themes

    Intrusion/Penetration

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    Intrusion/Penetration

    - in all its forms -The Iraq InvasionSaddams Terrorism

    The Protest in London

    Baxters Hostage Drama

    Henrys Intrusion into the Minds of Every Character

    Henrys Surgery of the Brain of Baxter

    Sex at the Start and End of the Novel

    Intrusion/Penetration

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    Intrusion/Penetration

    - in all its forms -Daisys Passionate Debate with HenryHenrys Intrusion of Theos Band Rehearsal

    Mental Disorder of Henrys Mom

    Father-in-Laws Penetrating Influence on the Family

    Intrusion of Rosalinds Boss

    Intrusion of Matthew Arnold

    Theo and Henry Overpowering Baxter

    Intrusion/Penetration

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    Intrusion/Penetration

    - in all its forms -Daisy Forced to Recite Her PoemBaby Inside Daisys Womb

    Intrusion of the Frenchman into Their Lives

    All Mental Disorders are Forms of Intrusion

    Squash

    All the Commentary Considerations are Intrusions in the Narration:

    War, Terrorism, Game of Squash, Cooking, Sickness, Surgery,

    Brain, Television News, Medical Language, Mercedes Benz,

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    New World OrderParanoid World

    Generation of Unrest

    Blurring of Morals

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    GodlessnessAtheist Agenda of McEwan:

    Evil in Man

    How Dark Can Man Make of the World

    Man Determines History/Man is god

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    Significance to Literature

    Clear depiction of the kind of

    paranoia that the world wasthrown into after 9/11

    Lapses/Criticism

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    Lapses/Criticism

    Snail-Paced Movement of the Narrative because of thePresent Tense Narration and the Excursions

    Verbal Calisthenics / Flaunting

    Henry Agreeing to Perform the Operation: Wasnt he just

    shaken by the hostage drama?

    Game of Squash: Showed Henrys Determination to WinWhy then was he like a weakling before Baxter?

    Indecisive and Fearful

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    Evaluation:Language: 10 Popcorns

    Story: 7 Popcorns

    Enrichment: 9 Popcorns

    Over-All: 8.5 Popcorns

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    A Report by Mann Rentoy