Being there

Jerzy Kosinskis being There is the story of disaster Gardener, a humanity with limited genial and well-disposed potential, yet raised by his purlieu to the level of fame. Referred to as a blank page person, he is, at the same time, seen by his immediate environment as quite a personality mainly because of his exterior qualities he has a beautiful vowelize, is manly and well-groomed. Not however the Manhattan beau monde, in which run across visualises himself after world hit by a car knows nothing nigh Gardiners past the proofreader is also faced with the same puzzle.The opening chapter provides but some information about the protagonists enclosed action in the overaged Mans house, his passion for gardening and his animation reality, which is entirely formed by the pictures seen on television. We get to know that the Old Man sheltered Chance as a baby when his arrest died, that his name is Chance because he was born by chance, that due to his mental disability inher ited from his mother he could neither read nor write. The b atomic number 18ly people that Chance initially communicates with are the Old Man, who horizontaltually dies, and the maidservant Louise.Louise is soon forced to return to Jamaica due to an illness and a youthful maid comes to substitute her. Chance the Gardener seems to lead a jolly life while watching TV or working in the garden the only activities that form his view of reality at the bombardment of the narration. However, when the Old Man dies he is forced to leave the house as no give is left by the deceased and no take d take of Chance as either a resident or employee raise be found in the Old Mans documents. It rest a riddle for both the lawyer who comes to handle the estate and the reader why Chance was left out of the records.For all that, this riddle appears to serve well as a good tool for creating suspense in the delineate of the heros changed life style after the accident. With no social and family connections whatsoever Gardiner becomes the center of attention among the educated high class fellowship of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rand. He soon meets the US President and a lean of political and corporate figures, and becomes a strong candidate for one of the idle seats on the board of the First American Financial corp (35).The developments that follow appear hilarious as none of the persons Gardiner gets acquainted with is sensitive of his physical disabilities. Two aspects that save his positive image are his touch in television and love for gardening. The first helps him think of proper slipway to behave in social situations and the latter is a basis for the only factual knowledge he can refer to when participating in discussions about American economy. For instance, when engaging in conversations with Mrs. Rand Chance resorted to repeating to her move of her own sentences, a practice he had observed on TV.In this counterfeit he encouraged her to continue and elaborate (2 4). Also, during a meal Chance ignored the wine because On TV, wine put people in a state they could not control (26). Later, when invited to participate in a TV show, Gardiner could experience the making of a program personally Chance was astonished that television could portray itself cameras watched themselves (37). Similarly, his story about seasons and growth in the garden during his meeting with the President led to his being recognized as an expert in the field of economics.Towards the end of the novel the suspense is even greater when the President keeps demanding that his administration provides him with background information about Chance. However, they are unable to find out anything substantial. Mass media is also concerned about the lack of such information. However, Chances future looks positive curiously with the death of Benjamin Rand. Mrs. Rand is very much in love with Gardiner and sincerely yours hopes he will stay with her after her husbands death. Gardiner app ears to also have acquired a certain image in the public eye, which will not be easily shattered in case politicians find out who he really is.On numerous occasions Gardiner was very unequivocal about his disabilities to write and read, but the public interpreted it in its own way, the wishful thinking way. The latter is, ultimately, the problem of the public and the American society in its wider implications that interpreted Gardiners words the way it wished to. Works Cited Kosinski, Jerzy. Being There Groningen Wolters-Noordhoff, 1996 Brothers Judd Daily. Ed. 23 Sep. 2000 < htttp//www. brothersjudd. com /index. cfm/fuseaction/reviews. detail/book_id/294/Being%20There. htm>