HORNBY’S CHARACTERS TRAPPED IN THE PARALLEL WORLD OF MUSIC
HORNBY’S CHARACTERS TRAPPED IN THE PARALLEL WORLD OF MUSIC

Summary/Abstract: Nick Hornby is an author who has placed a significant emphasis on music in his writing. It has the role of being obsessive and stifling in the lives of the characters. They are immersed in listening to it and are often immature people. As a result, they find themselves at a standstill in their lives. The narrator of Fever Pitch, Rob, Dick and Barry from High Fidelity, Duncan from Juliet, Naked, and Will from About a Boy are typical examples of relatively young males who need to overcome their obse- ssion with music in order to reach maturity. They mostly manage to achieve this by encountering real problems which bring them back to reality and help them realise the absurd state they have allowed themselves to slip into. Therefore, the paper aims to examine these roles and establish whether any parallel can be drawn between the character and their author. The paper also attempts to see what kind of attitude Nick Hornby has towards music and the characters themselves.

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