Unfortunately, he ultimately fails-a moment that is perhaps best encapsulated in the above quote, which can signify his ready acceptance to the fact that he has no real individuality. Along his journey, he tries to find his individuality since his new lord provides him with more freedom than what he knows to do with.
At one perspective, this book is an exceptionally clever portrayal of a man who has so loyally served a lord, and entrenched himself in what he believes to be a Great Butler (which can perhaps be used interchangeably with ‘gentleman’) that he finds himself at lost once he has been freed from the aforementioned lord and taken in by a different one. The Remains of the Day is a multilayered book that needs to be read with multiple perspectives in mind for one to truly appreciate it’s brilliance. “The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services.” Published: 1999 by Faber and Faber Limited
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