"The Collector" by John Fowles is about a man's obsession with a woman that turns into kidnapping and eventual death. What attracted me to this book was the subject matter unusual of obsession and the intriguing title. Say no to plagiarism. Get a custom essay on "Why violent video games should not be banned" Get an original essay In my review I intend to study how the writer, John Fowles, portrays a obsessive personality, through Frederick's actions, dialogue and his changing relationship with his obsession Miranda The book is set around the two main characters of Frederick and the girl he is obsessed with Miranda and is set mainly in Sussex around the middle of. 20th century his hometown where he simply watches her from afar but then moves to London to go to college so his obsession fades After winning the pool game, however, his obsession takes a new turn "pool people", where he sees again Miranda and her obsession grows once again. Once in London he begins to develop a fantasy of capturing Miranda but never really intends to put it into practice until he comes across a house that fits his fantasy perfectly. Buying this house therefore encourages him to realize his fantasy and kidnap her. This book is organized in an unusual way. The first chapter is told from Federico's point of view during the capture and after Miranda's capture. The second chapter is in diary form; this is told from Miranda's point of view. In this he recounts people and events that happened before his capture and also describes his attempts to escape. This chapter is very effective in showing us how Miranda perceives the events that are happening to her and provides a contrast to Frederick. The third returns to Frederick's point of view and concerns Miranda's illness, Frederick's attempt to help her and his reactions. Chapter four is very short and is about Frederick finding Miranda's diary, chapter two of the book, and realizing that she has never felt anything but resentment for him. He also introduces the idea that he might do it again for comparison. Frederick, retracing his experience with Miranda, narrates the book in the form of a dialogue with the reader. The writer, Fowles, demonstrates Frederick's obsessive personality through his actions. One of these is the way he records Miranda's vision in his journal. “In the evening I wrote her down in my observation diary, first with X, and when I learned her name with M.” In this the writer first shows that Frederick is organized to the point of obsession. He is also meticulous in his actions making sure he never forgets to see her. Another event where Frederick's obsessive and precise personality comes out very clearly to the reader is when Frederick is setting up the house in preparation for Miranda's kidnapping. “I have been working for a month or more to prepare my plans. I was alone all the time; Not having a real friend was lucky." Fowles shows here that Frederick has a farsighted and precise mind in the phrase 'month or more to prepare plans'. This shows that he worked out the details of the house making sure everything was in place. It also shows that Frederick is someone determined by the phrase "a month or more". This shows that even though it took a long time, he still managed to get it done. Fowles mentions here that Frederick was alone for this time, as prior to this Frederick had ensured that he was not disturbed by the people of the village by telling them, when they came to the door, to leave. “Then the parish priest came from the village and I had to be rude to him. I said I was a maverick, I wanted nothing to do with the village", here Fowles once again shows theFrederick's determination to carry out his plans while making sure there were no interruptions to ruin his plans for Miranda. Another event where Fowles displays Frederick's obsessive behavior is shown after Miranda has died and he finds her diary. Fowles shows that Frederick meticulously measured Miranda to get the coffin hole and coffin the right size for her. “(I went down and carried her into the box I had made and out). I don't think many could have done it. I did it scientifically. I planned what needed to be done and ignored my natural feelings. "Here Fowles once again shows Frederick's attention to detail by using the words 'scientific' and 'planned' demonstrating that it was a thoughtful process. Although Fowles uses Frederick's actions to show his obsession he also makes use of the relationship between Frederick and Miranda. This relationship changes several times in the book. At the beginning of the book the relationship between them is all in Frederick's mind. This is the beginning of his obsession, he just watches her from afar, "I saw her every day sometimes, because her house was right in front of the City Hall..." The relationship changes when he wins the billiards because he begins to fantasize about her and the situations between her and Frederick, "I had daydreams about her, I thought about stories where I met her, did things she admired, married her and all that." He then puts his imagination to kidnap her into action. Once kidnapped a new relationship forms, Frederick still feels love for her but Miranda feels hatred and resentment for him, "She stood still for a moment, then suddenly she jumped in my face.... There was real hatred in her it seems." It's when Miranda tries to escape for the first time that the Frederick's obsessive personality is shown through the relationship between them. After the first escape attempt, Federico is still convinced that he can make Miranda love and desire him. He treats her as if he were a hotel servant and she was a guest; he thinks she feels this way too, but in reality he is hiding the truth from himself that she really feels like a prisoner in a prison and he is the warden. "I want you to be my guest." guest!" Fowles' use of the explanatory period at the end of this quote shows Miranda's disgust at the idea of ​​being his guest. This doesn't stop him from trying to convince her to love him. He offers her his money and everything else that is his. In exchange he wants her to behave like the perfect wife she is in his fantasies. She refuses but Frederick is still convinced that he can make her love him, he asks her to marry him but Miranda takes advantage of Frederick's vulnerability and pain by trying to escape again. Frederick is ready for the escape attempt, quickly checks on her and takes her to his room. Once in the room Federico is moved by the situation he finds himself in front of. As she lies dazed from the chloroform, he photographs her. “This was the opportunity I had been waiting for.” This shows that Frederick had been fantasizing and wanting this to happen for a long time. Although Miranda refused to marry him, Frederick is still confident that he can make Mirada love him. However, when Miranda tries to have sex with him in an attempt to escape, it drives them further apart. Frederick realizes that he will never be able to make her love him and that she is not as special as he first thought; “he didn't see how to love me right. (as in her fantasies)...She was like all women, she had a one-track mind. I never respected her again.” At this point in the relationship they feel a lot of hatred towards each other. Frederick's hatred was born due to Miranda's disgust and constant abuse of her, but Miranda's hatred has always been with her. “You are not a human being. You're just a little creep