The Secret History<\/em> is a novel by Donna Tartt about six college\nstudents who are isolated from the rest of the university. It is written in\nfirst person from the point of view of one of the six students, Richard, who,\nmany years later, reflects and makes comments about the actions that led to the\nmurder of one of his friends, Edmund “Bunny” Corcoran. Not only the\nplot but also the genre and the main message make this book so interesting and\nunique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel is an inverted detective\nstory, and the events that lead to Bunny\u2019s murder are revealed throughout the\nbook, which captivates the readers and makes them intrigued to find out more.\nHowever, the story is not like other detective novels because it does not\ncenter around solving a crime but rather tells what caused it. As Richard\nrecalls his college life, he also thinks of the debates he had with his friends\nand teacher about ancient Greek philosophy and religion. Many readers enjoy\nthese parts because they are impressed with how many separate ideas these\ndiscussions introduce, and they find the information about different topics\nvery interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard\u2019s college life was anything\nbut ordinary. For instance, his teacher, Julian, allowed his pupils to have\nclasses with him only, making them distant from other students and easy to\nmanipulate. Julian\u2019s ways of teaching bring up the main message of the novel –\nthe dangers of isolation. Even though Julian is not directly involved in\nBunny\u2019s death, he made his students detached from the world and only engaged in\nancient civilizations, the subject that he taught about. For example, one of\nthe characters did not even know that men had set foot on the moon because he\nhad no idea about the recent news from that time. Julian manipulates these\npeople by telling them they think outside the box and unlike others, but in\nreality, he isolates the students so they would be unable to get any unrelated\nopinions that might have helped the students see his wrongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To sum up, The Secret History<\/em> is a great book not only because of the story it tells but also because of Donna Tartt\u2019s wonderful writing and the details she pays attention to that many readers do not notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Ninia Kadagidze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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