Jacob Flanders Character Analysis

The traffic stopped, and the sun, no longer sprayed out by the breeze, became almost too hot. But the procession passed; the banner glittered far away down Whitehall; the traffic was released; lurched on; spun to a smooth continuous uproar; swerving round the curve of Cokespur Street; and sweeping past Government offices and equestrian statues down Whitehall to the prickly spires, the tethered grey fleet of masonry, and the large white clock of Westminster. (Woolf 184)

Later there is brief mention that Jacob has joined the war. His taking part in the war is suggested by indirect strokes. In the last chapter Jacob dies. His death is suggested through Bonamy and Betty Flanders, who have gone to his room to collect his things he has left.

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What it really is a character study of the protagonist named Jacob Flanders, except it’s hard to call him a protagonist in the traditional sense of the word because his point of view is virtually never seen in the book and everything the readers learn about him is through the eyes of the people involved with him—his mother, his tutor, his college friends, the girl who loves him, the random people he encounters in his daily life. Some of these people know him well, some not at all. Readers don’t even really get to know him over the 189 pages that the book lasts for. He is Jacob, and he exists. Even, there is no perceptible development of any

There are certain conventional techniques also used. She remains present as an omniscient narrator throughout the whole novel. She describes most of the scenes in third person narration or she gives her authorial comments on the events. Moreover, she rarely enters Jacob’s mind to report what he is thinking, and when she does so her interpretation of his thoughts is uncertain. She has not made abundant use of modern techniques like stream of consciousness or interior