Similarities between the Two Periods’ Images of Normality

Abstract

This chapter’s main focus is on the similarities in all the novels’ images of normality. In Chapter 7 I will be concerned with differences in the novels’ representations of normality, thus aiming to expose the connections between the images of normality and the actual significant changes between the two historical periods being analysed. Taking into account the current chapter’s main concern, in what follows I will be treating the notion of normality not as a historical concept, but rather as a more universal constant behind people’s various reactions and sentiments.