Chapter 1
George's first appearance, sullen at dinner, and his father's embarrassing exposure of his existential melancholy.
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From A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
George is introduced as a brooding young man troubled by cosmic questions, who writes a giant question mark on his washstand and represents authentic feeling against social convention.
Chapter 2
The question mark above his washstand — symbol of his philosophical despair before love transforms him.
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The kiss in the violet field at Fiesole — George seizes Lucy among the blue flowers in the novel's iconic scene of awakening.
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