![]() ![]() You can tell that Will is fond of Tristan, yet fearful of feeling anything more, and incredibly disturbed by what the implications and ramifications could be of any actions taken. His friendship with Will is complex and conflicted. ![]() Then at basic training Tristan meets Will, who is the personification of kindness, compassion and reason and he is pulled into his sphere as if by gravity. We learn of his early childhood friend and how Tristan’s father casts Tristan out of the family when he learns of Tristan’s feelings for that friend (clearly reflecting the attitudes of the time toward homosexuality). From that point on the story alternates between the two time periods.Įarly on in the novel it becomes obvious that Tristan’s affections for the male friends in his life mean more to him than just normal fond feelings of camaraderie. Then it flashes back to Tristan’s experiences in basic training where he meets Will for the first time and they form a close friendship. ![]() ![]() The Absolutist begins with a soldier named Tristan traveling to visit the sister of his friend Will, who fought with him in World War I. ![]()
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