Essay- Duror deluding Himself Flashcards
Intro
Robin Jenkins the ‘Cone-gatherers’ is a disturbing novel . set during the Second World War in Ardmore Scotland, featuring the estates gamekeeper John Duror. Duror displays hateful and an evil nature through his unnecessary and obsessive hatred towards Calum- the cone-gatherer. Duror slowly shows his unnatural evil to the world throughout the novel whilst convincing himself that it is acceptable behaviour. Through the analysis of characterisation and literary techniques Jenkins shows how Duror has slowly yet deludedly accepted his immoral evil
Plot summary
- Calum and Neil Calum’s deformity
Duror hates and despised Calum bcoz of deformity
Relentlessly despised and plots against Calum throughout novel
Hates Calum due to own personal deformities and a mental illness which allows Duror to slowly descend into madness upon the cone gatherers arrival and accepting his evil as it continues
Paragraph one P
Beginning of novel shows beginning of durors evil taking control and this is catalysed by the arrival of the cone-gatherers but stays hidden knowing at first this is unnatural and wrong
Para 1 C
Durors insanity and hatred is seen when hidden in bushes awaiting Cg arrival in an -‘icy sweat of hatred’- showing his anger yet confusion of his actions and his disbelief of his actions are shown when——
Para 1 Q
Every minute had been a purgatory of humiliation
Para 2 P
Duror left feeling strange and unnatural due to his evil feelings and potentially psychotic tendencies towards Calum and tries to justify his feelings in order to accept himself.
Para 2 C
Effie Morton, the housekeeper, Durors good friend who trusts him dearly- has her trust taken advantage of by Duror who lies to her about Calum being indecent in the woods
Para 2 Q-
Indecency’s not simple
I saw that imbecile exposing himself in the woods and worse
Para 2 second C
As the novel goes on Durors complete loss of control on his actions becomes clear and it is as if eveol has consumed him when he spreads to LrC the head of the house that Calum has obscenely defiled her daughters doll
Para 2 second Q
Most loathsome accusations… against [Calum{
Para 3 P
Duror has fully accepted his evil in the last few chapters of the book and decides that if he retaliated against Calum it would be justified and does not see the wrong in it
Para 3 C
Duror walking alone after doctors office allowed time to think over his evil mindset but shockingly counteracted and ignored all that the doctor said
Para 3 Q
He felt in the mood for murder, rape or suicide
Para 3 Second C
This foreshadows how I’m the end of the book Duror kills Calum as he has convinced himself it is the right thing to do to rid the woods of this toxicity ‘though he smiled, he was dead’ however, after Calum’s death Duror finally realised how Calum wasn’t the misbegotten creature in the woods he was and this is shown when he shoots himself
Para 3 second Q
‘Duror with his face shattered and bloody, lay dead. ‘
