Abstract

A personal pilgrimage" is the debut novel of the senior British playwright Rachel Joyce. The novel mainly tells about Harold who receives a letter from his friend who has caught cancer and then travels a long journey. This paper mainly describes Harold's ups and downs of spiritual pilgrimage, and tries to show the idea of love loss and return .Not only does this paper discuss love from the character of the hero's self salvation and return , but also from encountering unexpected things in the journey . This paper analyzes the pilgrimage of the ordinary ,and wants modern people to wake up and return to themselves, to their heart and forget the trouble of struggling, adhering all the way .The paper, to a certain extent, criticizes the social status: being impetuous and self losing .Pilgrimage is faith and love, making it more powerful. 

Keywords: pilgrimage; pain; love; recovery

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-3

3.The Journey about Loss and Recovery of Love-4

3.1 The journey about loss4

3.2 The journey about love-5

3.3Analysis of Harold’s tragic lifestyle-6

3.4 Analysis of Harold’s multiple personality . 7  

3.5 Value and Significance. 8

4. Conclusion-9

Works Cited.10