In Saturday by Ian McEwan the protagonist is called Henry Perowne. Is this just a neat middle class name or is there more to it, historically, symbolically or semiotically? And what about the antagonist without a first name "Baxter"?
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Saturday is a novel by Ian McEwan set in Fitzrovia, London, on Saturday, 15 February 2003, during a large demonstration against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The protagonist, Henry Perowne, a 48-year-old neurosurgeon, has…
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How does Ian McEwan's Saturday borrow from James Joyce's Ulysses?
In structure, imagery and stream of consciousness