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The main focus of analysis in the article is the evolution of the protagonist in relation
to the complex system of characters in the diegetic world of John Irving’s “The World
According to Garp”. Throughout the essay, Garp’s maturation and evolution is being
continuously analytically measured against the other characters masterfully aligned
within the story by author to support the protagonist’s growth, contrast and elucidate
him. A typology of characters by their diegetic function is introduced, separating them
into three main groups: people, creations, symbols. The linking reciprocal element
between them is the protagonist, not only connecting all the characters, but also
traversing through their roles on the way to his own posthumous ascension. Starting
the novel as a regular human being, the protagonist is gradually transformed into a
writer – creator of worlds and characters, to finally ascend into a symbol for the new
world upon his death.
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