The wonder of this book was how it became increasingly more intriguing and interesting as it went on, without ever becoming too complex or difficult to understand. To my mind this is the perfect melding and integration of a sense of wonder. Unable to explain them, he still integrates them as facts into his world view and devotes his life to exploring this mystery without ever crossing the line into embracing irrationalism. He's extremely rationale in his philosophy but cannot and will not doubt or deny the miraculous acts he witnesses. At the same time, this being only a novel and Dunstan only its narrator, its other pieces must come together if he is not to be its central figure.ĭunstan becomes intrigued by hagiography, the study of saints and miracles. Dempster? In spite his perception and his broad view of life, he remains the hero of his own story, as do we all. Is all the world a stage, and does life only have import if you are its hero, or are the auxiliary roles just as important? Is it all merely a matter of perception? If Dunstan Ramsey is only fifth business who's role is the hero in the life that he knows? Is it Percy? It is Mrs. He does, as it turns out, occupy some of the other positions in the eyes of society and his friends - a hero of the war, for example, though he feels it a false title. It is a dramatic term to describe non-central characters who are nonetheless required in order to steer the drama of others' lives forward, always positioned at the right place and time to do so. Dunstable Ramsay, in looking back upon his life, determines that his has been the role of 'fifth business'.
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