The Story of Captain Corelli
If it were not for the title of the novel, we might well start to assume that the story has very little or nothing to do with Captain Corelli. Moreover, de Bernieres introduces the reader to so much material, that very soon we have probably forgotten about him long, before he is actually cited .In the first five chapters of the novel, de Bernieres leads the reader into five main focal points. Within this section he establishes two sort of characters. On the one hand, we have the historical characters who most people recognise and that have contributed significantly to the world history: Hitler is occasionally mentioned, while Mussolini, 'The Duce' is prominently featured in chapter two: with Metaxas they serve to build the main historical context of the novel. On the other hand we have the fictional characters, created by de Bernieres; his characters feel convincingly real we perhaps accept them as more real, because they are placed in a documented historical context. In turn this leads us to either grow sympathy or an antipathy towards them because we can relate more personally to the wider arena. Dr. Iannis is the first character we encounter in the novel. Through him, we discover his role as a doctor in the community, the
In this first phase of the novel, we start to build up a network of themes that are established by the individual characters. This may not be seem to be part of the theme of history, however history is today like it is tomorrow. Iannis, he is indirectly writing a historical record of the war. Before Corelli is featured to us, de Bernieres creates different threads that at the beginning are pondered separately, and only later the reader gradually observes a pattern emerging within these threads. " Carlo basis his writings on his emotions, his grief, and his anger of being an Italian soldier but most importantly his love and admiration for Francesco, "a young married corporal who accepted me as his best friend". The mode of his voice bears a resemblance to that of a speech. she was surprised, even disappointed, for it revealed that the lovely boy was made only of flesh, and not imperishable gold. We do not realise this, however, it is clear, because de Bernieres is stating a universal problem that affected any soldier that served his country. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, has a strong parallel to history, because when we first meet history we never can anticipate the events, patterns and threads of the future. Here in Cephallonia I fill my dreams with reveries of Captain Antonio Corelli.
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