"Everymans" Drama with Growing Older. An Analysis of the Main Character

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The novel explores the theme of confronting life's limitations and the inevitability of death through its main character's struggle to accept reality. He grapples with the consequences of his past mistakes while attempting to escape the aging process and the ultimate fate of mortality. Despite his advice to his daughter about facing reality, he spends much of his life in denial, racing against time in a futile effort to evade the truths of existence. The narrative poignantly illustrates the harsh realities that everyone must ultimately confront.