Wider reading - 7/11

In this post i will be looking at how Faulks represent Stephen through a quote from Birdsong saying “He felt the simple elation of his victory”. 

This quote is after Isabelle and Stephen have left Azaire because they admitted to the affair they had, but Isabelle do feel guilty about leaving the children behind and just run from everything, she especially feel guilty because she doesn't want them to grow up in the same way she grew up, without having parents who cares, but Stephen doesn't see this and don't understand Isabelle.

The quote “He felt the simple elation of his victory” is showing us a negative side of Stephen, because it tells us that he doesn't think, like I mention before, about the consequences it would have for Isabelle and what she has to give up, or how she feels. He only saw that he won. By using the noun “victory”, it shows that he is seeing Isabelle as a trophy that he needed to win to be better then Azaire, but it does also make him seem a little childish, because it makes it sounds like it is just a game he needs to win. It could also be used because he sees Isabelle as his one and only, she is his 'sweetheart', which he needed to save from the horrible life she was living with Azaire beating her and the noun “elation” does tell us that Stephen is happy to be with her and that she is the one he want.

By him not thinking on what impact it will have on Isabelle, it shows he is still young and a bit immature, and that he hasn't been in any serious relationship before, so he doesn't know how to control it.

Be using the adjective 'simple', it tells us that this seem quit easy for Stephen to just take her away, and that he didn't really give it a thought, he just did it which again lead back to being immature and this being his first real love.