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The beach By—Alex Garland Exceptional... Creates a picture of an ideal society gone awry(意料之外的)... An action novel that provokes subtle (不可思议的)responses, The Beach takes in ideas about man‘s inevitable progress from noble savage(文明的野蛮人) to social breakdown(社会崩溃) [and] the related tradition of nature vs art. ----A quote from the Times Literary Supplement Brief introduction The Beach (1996) is a novel by Alex Garland about backpackers in Thailand. it describes the adventures of a young Englishman, Richard in search of a legendary, idyllic beach untouched by tourism. Main characters Richard - a young British traveler and the main narrator of the novel. Daffy - A Scottish traveler and one of the three original founders of the beach; appears as a mental apparition (鬼) in Richards mind after his suicide. étienne and Fran?oise – the French couple; goes to the beach with. Keaty - English; becomes close friends with Richard. Jed - English; becomes close friends with Richard, and is the islands guardian who is also a mysterious outsider on the beach . Sal - American; unofficial sophisticated leader on the beach group. Plot summary Cheap hotel Bangkok (曼谷) Daffy Duck Hand-drawn map---- Gulf of Thailand (unknown) étienne and Fran?oise Paradise-------the beach Plot summary After buying boat Long swim Dense jungle Jumping from a waterfall Paradise!! Life in a paradise self-sufficient(自给自足) community off from civilization Various work: fishing, gardening, cooking carpentry Unwelcome---fit in---accepted Paradise to hell Shark! New comers killed by the Thai farmers A plan Secrets no longer …… Home I carry a lot of scars “Gold” in the beach Good, it would be sad to be bored with paradise, no? if you are bored with paradise, what is left? “The people we haven’t met yet. The ones that will arrive next week, next months, or next year, and the ones that will arrive after them” Jed said in a tired