9th Blog

A conflict that the author present in the novel "The Ocean at The End of The Lane" was Ursula, the nanny trying to trap the narrator in his home. According to the narrator his nanny appeared everywhere, there was no where he could go besides Lettie's land that she could not "see" him. But the perception of seen could have either been literal or figuratively. His perception of his nanny being some type of monster that would hover over him when he tries to escape after he was locked in a bedroom creates a higher power that attempts to entrap him within the border lines. On page 84, Ursula says "I told you I was going to lock you in the attic, didn't I?" attempting to scare the narrator to keep him from crossing those border lines where she could not reach him. As we have been discussing in class borders are often determined based on a higher power. In this novel the narrator see's his nanny as a higher power and the only save place he had was the Hempstock's home. Within those border lines of their land he felt protected. This conflict is resulted when Ursula disappears but he still finds a connection at the Hempstock's as he often visits their home.