New Hampshire Hotel is a 1981 novel created by John Irving and his fifth published novel.
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Plot
This novel is the story of Berrys, a unique New Hampshire family made up of married couples, Win and Mary, and their five children, Frank, Franny, John, Lilly, and Egg. The parents, both from the small town of Dairy, New Hampshire, fell in love while working at a summer resort hotel in Maine as a teenager. There, they met a Viennese Jew named Freud who worked in the resort as a builder and entertainer, performing with his pet bear, the State of Maine; Freud came to symbolize the magic of that summer for them. At the end of the summer, the teenagers were involved, and Win bought bears and Freud motorbikes and traveled to the country to raise money to go to Harvard, which he attended when Mary started their family. He then returned to Dairy and taught at the local second-class prep school he attended, the Dairy School. But he was not satisfied and dreamed of something better.
Cheeky, Franny's confident beauty is the object of John's adoration. John serves as a narrator, and sweet, if naive. Frank is physically and socially awkward, reserved, and homosexual; she shares her friendship with her younger sister, Lilly, a romantic young girl who has stopped growing physically. Eggs are small children who are immature with a tendency to dress up costumes. John and Franny are friends, seeing themselves as the most normal of children, realizing their family is a bit weird. However, as John says, for their own peculiarities the family seems "right as rain."
Win imagined the idea of ​​turning a school of abandoned girls into a hotel. He named it the Hotel New Hampshire and his family moved. This became the first part of the Dickensian-style story. The main plot points include Franny's rape in the hands of quarterback Chipper Dove and several other football team mates. The actions and attitude of Chipper, with whom Franny fell in love, in contrast to her savior, Junior Jones, a black member of the team. The death of a family dog, Sadness, gives a dark comedy because he is repeatedly "raised" through taxidermy, literally scaring Win's father, Iowa Bob, to death at one point and thwarting John's sexual initiation in another. John takes part in ongoing sexual/business relationships with the older housekeeper, Ronda Ray, who ends when a letter arrives from Freud in Vienna, invites relatives to move to help him (and his new "smart" bear runs his hotel there.
Separate trips from other family members, Mary and Egg were killed in a plane crash. The other took life in Vienna on what was renamed (second) the Hotel New Hampshire, one floor occupied by prostitutes and other floors by a group of radical communists. The family finds Freud now blind and the "smart bear" is actually a young woman named Susie, who has experienced an event that makes her slightly fond of humans and feels safest in a very realistic bear suit. After the death of his wife, Win Berry retreats further into his vague and fuzzy fantasy world, while the family navigates relationships with prostitutes and radicals. John and Franny experienced pain and desire to fall in love. The two also felt jealous when John became romantically involved with a suicide communist, and Franny found comfort, freedom, and joy in sexual relations with Susie the Bear and Ernst, radical "quarterbacks". Lilly evolved as a writer and writer of a family-based novel, under her nose an intricate plot being hatched by radicals to blow up the Vienna opera house, using Freud and family as hostages, to which Freud and Win had almost succeeded in stopping. In the process, Freud died and Win himself was blinded. The family became famous as a hero, and with Frank's agent as Lilly, his book was published for a large sum of money. The family (with Susie) returned to America, taking up residence at The Stanhope hotel in New York.
At the end of the novel, Franny and John find a way to finish their love, and Franny, with Susie's clever help, finally takes revenge on Chipper. Franny also found success as a film actress and married Junior, now a famous civil rights lawyer. Lilly is unable to cope with the stresses of her career and her own criticism and commits suicide. John and Frank bought a closed resort in Maine where their parents met during the "magical" summer, and the property became another hotel, serving as a rape crisis center run by Susie and with Win giving unwitting advice to the victims. Susie, whose emotional pain and discomfort had healed with time and effort, built a happy relationship with John, and a pregnant Franny asked them to raise her and the upcoming Junior baby.
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Character
John Berry: John is the third child of Win and Mary Berry. He has four siblings: Frank, Franny, Lilly, and Egg. The story is told from the point of view of the first person, John as the narrator. He was very close to Franny, more than his other brothers, and finally fell in love with her. After Franny was raped, John took a special interest in becoming physically fit to fulfill the role he wanted as Franny's protector, trying to impress Franny and reduce the guilt she felt for not stopping the attack. With the help of his grandfather, Iowa Bob (or Coach Bob), he begins to work, until he is able to portray himself as: "That's me: five feet eight inches tall, and 150 pounds. (111). Although John has several short sexual attempts with various women, he always holds a special place in his heart for Franny. Eventually, both give in to their mutual love and have sex almost all day long. After this, they remain close, but only as brothers and sisters. John helped start the recovery of rape and supported the clinic in the old Arbuthnot-by-the-Sea, where his parents first met. He also married Susie the Bear, and the couple adopted Franny's son.
Franny Berry: The second oldest son of the Berry family, he is considered very attractive. He has a tendency to take over the family, especially after his mother died. He is attentive, passionate, and friendly, though his confidence sometimes tends toward offensive or reckless behavior; However, his intention is always to protect the person he loves. He also finally fell in love with his brother, John. During his teenage years, he became a victim of gang rape, revealing his previously hidden sensibilities and self-doubt, and his experiences remain with him throughout his life. She became an actress and star in the film about her own family. After she and John finished their love for each other, she married one of her classmates who saved her from rape, Junior Jones. Long time later, both had a child, which they gave to John and Susie.
Frank Berry: The eldest of Berry's children, he often fights with John and Franny. Around the age of 16 he came out as a homosexual, which resulted in quite a lot of abuse from his schoolmates, especially soccer players. It culminated when he was fouled by football players and saved by John and Franny. His relationship with his siblings improved after that when the children became more unitary units facing greater external problems. The most serious of all his siblings, Frank went on to major in economics, showed a talent for business, and eventually became Lilly's agent. Later, he also became Franny's agent and business partner John. He is the quietest brother, keeping his private life for himself while still being part of a generous family. In his youth, Frank had a passion for taxidermy, but gave up after the death of his mother and Egg. Her love of costume and the formal procession remained with her for a long time.
Lilly Berry: The second youngest Berry boy. She's small, probably because she's a dwarf. He is calm and pleasant, and from his brothers, he is closest to Frank, probably because compared to the others they are more reserved. Lilly often shows disgust at the bounds when sex affairs or body functions are discussed (usually by Franny), and even described as being rude about simple physical needs such as eating. He became a literary figure after his first book, essentially an autobiography of his family, was released. He continues to write, with Frank acting as his agent. Finally, he succumbed to the writer's block and committed suicide. He left a note that read, "Sorry, not big enough."
Berry Egg: The youngest of Berry's children. She's also the funniest of them all, even though it's not accidental. Ear infections make him somewhat deaf, and his response to most of the statements/questions addressed to him is "What?" The egg character is never fully formed, and it remains forever an amorphous "egg" of a child who never matures or develops by dying at a very young age.
Win Berry: The father of Berry's children and Mary Berry's husband. He is a Harvard graduate, but rarely apply such skills. He is more or less an entrepreneur in the inn area, although his success is at least conventional. She became depressed when his wife, Mary, along with her youngest son, Egg, was killed in a plane crash. This state of depression slowly spins downward, reaching a low point when it is blinded by an explosion during the demolition of radical terrorists' plots. He finally took the same attitude as Freud, his old friend, and began to gain confidence again when he and his family moved back to America. He became an unknown counselor at the John and Frank clinic.
Mary Berry: The mother of Berry's children and the wife of Win Berry. He grew up in a very scientific family, and was a gentle mother and a dutiful wife. Unfortunately, on his way to Vienna, his plane crashed, killing him and his youngest son, Egg. Berry's family decided that Mary would like Vienna.
Freud: An ancient Austrian Jew, originally he trained a bear, State of 'Maine, and performed at Arbuthnot-by-the-Sea. He returned to Europe in 1939 and was imprisoned by the Nazis. He was blinded in an experiment in a concentration camp. He survived, and after that started a hotel in Vienna. He invites Win Berry to come to be his partner, which Win receives. Their business was not entirely successful, but Freud died as a hero when he stopped the terrorist plan at the expense of his life. Win is very fond of him and seems to be protà © à © gÃÆ'  © Freud.
Iowa Bob: Grandfather of Berry's children and father to Win Berry. He earned a reputation as a strong supporter of physical activity, and eventually accepted a position as head of the PE division at a private school in Dairy, New Hampshire, during which his son, Win Berry, was allowed to attend school for free. Iowa Bob then supported John when he decided to start physical training. Bob Iowa's search for cardiovascular perfection did not prevent her from dying "frightened" when she found a taxidermy version of Grief, a family dog, in her closet. He is best remembered by his quotations, "We failed for life" (page 117) and "You must be obsessed and remain obsessed." (page 111). This quote often refers to the lifestyle of the Berry family.
Ronda Ray: About a housekeeper at the first New Hampshire Hotel. She has a "daytime room" in the hotel, and introduces John into the sexual world, though it's not a pull-in relationship. Ronda Ray is also involved in prostitution, although he seems unaware of the inappropriateness of his arrangement.
Jones junior player: African-Americans at private school in Dairy, New Hampshire. He's quiet, and unlike most other players. She helped save Franny from being raped, and was a source of comfort for Franny afterward. After years, the two married and gave their children to John and Susie.
Chipper Dove: The football player who raped Franny and is Franny's first love. Out of love, Franny kept in touch with her even after the rape. After the family moved back to America, they encountered Chipper again, but they made a complicated trick, which caused Chipper to disappear from their lives.
Ernst: The German Radicals at the second Hotel New Hampshire. He was involved in a terrorist plot, but was killed by Win before it could be done. He resembles Chipper Dove in appearance and deportment.
Bitty Tuck: The rich and classy girl John was involved with during the New Year's party. Their excitement was interrupted when Bitty, while wearing the diaphragm in the bathroom, saw a taxidermy version of Sorrow and fainting. His nickname, "Titsie," refers to his big breasts.
Lenny Metz and Chester Pulaski: The football player who also raped Franny. They are "guarded" by "Black Arm of the Law."
Susie (Bear): A young woman who meets Berry family in Vienna, where she helps Freud with the hotel. Sometime before working for Freud, Susie was raped by an attacker who stuffed a paper bag over Susie's head, telling her that she was too ugly to look at. Susie's anger and badness after this attack caused her to adopt costume and bear persona as a form of self-preservation and retreat. Freud invented Susie's alter ego to assist in solving the problems of the colorful factions in his hotel. When Susie meets Franny, both are bound for a similar experience and seek refuge in intercourse while. Gradually, Susie recaptured her sense of humanity and confidence, and had a romantic relationship with John, but retained the bear costume. He still suffered for fear of producing "bad" offspring, but became open to the idea of ​​raising a child (human) when Franny asked him and John to adopt the baby he and the juniors created.
Movie adaptation
The novel was made into a movie in 1984, directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, and Beau Bridges. The very young Seth Green plays Egg.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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