Cyril Fielding represents Forster's point of view

1. Rana Sulieman Al-balawi (308)

2. A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author
E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British
Raj and the Indian independence movement in the
1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works
of 20th century English literature by the Modern
Library.

3. Edward Morgan Forster (1 January
1879 – 7 June 1970), known as E.
M. Forster, was an English novelist,
short story writer, essayist and
librettist. Many of his novels
examined class difference and
hypocrisy in early 20th-century
British society. His novel A Passage
to India (1924) brought him his
greatest success. He was
nominated for the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 16 different years.

4. Cyril Fielding, the principal of the
Government College, a middle-aged,
maverick intellectual who resists the herd
instinct of his fellow Englishmen. He has
Indian friends; he defends Aziz against the
English bigots, and when Miss Quested is
ostracized after the trial, he offers her the
protection of his home. Tired of the whole
situation, he takes a trip to England,
marries, and then returns to India.

5. Fielding is basically an old-fashioned humanist:
he believes that all human beings, regardless
of race, are the same. Because of this, he
believes that we could all get along if we could
just have a rational discussion about things.
According to him, education helps us do so by
freeing us from our prejudices. Thus, unlike
the other Anglo-Indians, Fielding is open to
having friendships with Indians.

6. For much of the A Passage to
India, you could say that
Fielding is the voice of the
novel; his thoughts and
feelings seem closest to the
third person narrator, and
"Fielding" sounds like a pun
on "Forster"

7. Fielding stands alone among the British
officials in India, for he is one of the few
to treat the Indians with a sense of
decency and respect. Fielding is an
individualist who has no great allegiance
to any particular group, but rather to his
core set of liberal values and sense of
justice. This quality allows Fielding to
break with the English who support Adela
Quested's charges against Aziz and side
with the Indians in support of him.
However, the events surrounding Aziz's
trial cause Fielding to become
disenchanted with India, despite his
affection for the nation, and motivate him
to leave India and return to resume a
different post

8. Cyril Fielding is the most associated
with Forster himself. Fielding's
character does not only tell us
about Fielding himself, but also
about the essential characteristics
Forster thinks should be found in
every man.

9. Cyril Fielding represents
Forster's point of view, He
reflects the thoughts of
the author.