Sunday 13 June 2010

Fowles' own explanation of the purpose behind The Collector

Fowles' own explanation of the purpose behind The Collector

Fowles explained in his follow-up book The Aristos, that the main point behind the novel was to show what he felt to be the danger of class and intellectual divisions in a society where prosperity for the majority was becoming more widespread, particularly power (whether by wealth or position) getting into the hands of those intellectually unsuited to handle it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector

1 comment:

Perseus said...

Not intelligence as measure by an IQ test, which is the T component