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The purpose of this paper is to trace Bernard’s obtaining process of artistic vision and to examine the meaning of life, ‘reality’. Bernard is the central character. He summarizes the various lives of his five friends and experiences a mystic vision.
When he is young, he chooses language as the tool of expressing himself. And while the other
friends search their identities in school days, he shows that he has prepared for the way of an
artist, elaborating his phrases. But through Percival’s death and the meeting of Hampton Court,
Bernard begins to understand the relation of fact and vision. In his old age, he comprehends
not only the lives of his friends but also the essence of his life. Through the process of his
vision, he experiences the momentary spiritual unity with others and the nature. Also, he
achieves the insight into the ultimate reality of life and death. Giving up his phrase book, he
is resurrected into a new being with creative will. That is, he realizes himself as an artist.