Now let’s pass to book 3. This is the final part of "The man of property”. To my mind, here we should focus mainly on the idea of the whole first part of "The Forsyte saga” rather than on the idea of Book 3. It would be quite logical. Mainly, because the idea of Book 3 adds to the understanding of the whole saga.

One major event taking place here is the death of Bosinney. It leads to some other important events though. As we all know, Irene left Soames for Bosinney. But when Bosinney is dead she is at a loss. She understands that her life is now ruined. She returns to Soames, but he rejects her.

So, as we see the resolution of the novel gives us food for thought. Bosinney dies. Irene is in despair. She returns to Soames. And it seems that the Forsytes have won again. But is it really so?! It turns out that this victory is a false, a seem-to-be victory. When thinking over Bosinney’s death and its consequences, young Jolyon comes to a conclusion that "this death would break up the Forsyte family. The stroke had indeed slipped past their defences into the wood of their tree. They might flourish to all appearance as before, preserving a brave show before the eyes of London, but the trunk was dead, withered by the same flash that had stricken down Bosinney.” So, this death has its certain consequences. It will influence not only Soamse’s life. It will cause more serious problems. Like the end of the well-being of the whole Forsyte family.

 I suppose, now it is high time we spoke about the main conflict of "The man of property”. The Forsytes are no creators. They are only consumers. They try to achieve what the others have produced, to get as much as possible. And this causes the main conflict of the novel "The man of property”: withstanding of two worlds, the world of beauty and freedom being opposed to the world of property. Irene and Bosinney versus the Forsytes.

When Bosinney first appears in the Forsyte family they give him a certain characteristic. They do not like him. Galsworthy writes, ‘He was an architect, not in itself a sufficient reason for wearing such a hat. None of the Forsytes happened to be architects, but one of them knew two architects who would never have worn such a hat upon a call of ceremony in the London season”. It is irony, of course. Galsworthy’s language is very ironical when it comes to the Forsytes. But now we are not discussing stylistic devices. We are speaking about the message of the novel. What does this quote tell us? None of the Forsytes is a man of Art, Art being not sufficient for satisfying their pride.

The Forsytes can only exploit Art to get some profit. Here we should speak about small Frances. She is the only Forsyte being involved into the world of Art. She is a musician. She  writes songs. And the Forsytes use these songs: sell them and get money. The only work of hers they do not like is a sonata for the violin. it will not give them profit, it will not sell good.

The resolution of "The man of property” seems to be quite logical. Bosinney could not fit in their world. Irene either. That is why they fell in love with each other. But the Forsytes are like a devil machine that ruins everything it faces. So, Bosinney is dead. And Irene’s life is ruined. But this time their victory was questionable. It will influence their life. Their unshakable position has finally been threatened!

(By Asya)

The final part probably reveals all the secrets of the Forsyte family. What does that mean to be born and brought up in one of the most respectable families? In a family whose social status is high and manners seem to be perfect? Does it always lead to the happy end? Is it always the ace of trumps that finally can help you to win the battle and get whatever you want?Obviously it is not true. This strong family clan rots inside. To make this conclusion, it is enough to look at the relationships in the family. Irene, Soames, Bosinney, June, Jolyon… What is happening in lives of these characters?

June seems to accept the fact that she will never be with Bosinney again. And Bosinney believes that his happiness with Irene will last forever, but the young lady breaks his heart. She comes back to Soames, she cherishes a hope that her husband will forgive her one day and they will become a family again. But is Soames ready to forget about everything what Irene did to him? Does he really want his wife back? No. But what happens to Bosinney? What is his fate? Poor man died in an accident. He had June, he had a family, he had money, but one woman destroyed his happiness completely. But on the other hand, can we call it happiness? If he was really satisfied with his life, would he leave everything just for Irene? It is a very difficult situation a man could be in, and maybe we can say that for some time Bosinney managed to be happy being with Irene.

But Irene extremely needs someone who can support her, because her life changes all the time, and in fact all these changes do not lead to the best results. Communicating with Jolyon she feels that he is a man who understands her very well. And it does not matter that he is much older than her. She feels some spiritual affection towards him. But what about Jolyon? For some time he believes that Irene is a woman whom he needs and wants so much, but at the same time he realizes that they simply can’t be together for many reasons: age, social status, family relationships… And he tells about it to Irene. It does not disappoint her so much though, because she is a sensible woman and she can understand too why things can’t go further. She is a free woman now, and who knows what life difficulties will she have to face?The book finishes with the death of old Jolyon… It was a sunny day…and it seems that everything becomes quiet with the death of its master.

(by Luck)

In generally the third part of this book is based on the relationships between Soames, Irene and Bosinney. Soames left the court happily because he had won the case in the court, but he then was afraid because he found that  his wife was not at home.  He was really afraid of the disappearance of Irene. He went home again, went up stair, took Irene’s Jewel box, and noticed that all the jewel he had given was still there.We can say that are not many stylistic devises in this part but it is important to mention that  the feeling of growing suspense is still present in a very high degree here. Next we completely can see all Soames’s feelings and emotions.  As the author emphasizes the main character's inner sufferings the key words and sentences must describe those feelings: ``the tears rushed up in his eyes, the inner significance of her act, she loathed him, people living in different worlds, she was to be pitied, he betrayed the Forsyte, the pure ether of the selfless and unpractical''. Only after Iren’s  leaving Soames begins to understand that  all the time that they had been married she had disgusted  him and that they had been living in different worlds: his was the world of property and hers was the world of emotions. In this chapter we can see some stylistic devises which can characterize Soames’s crises in his inner world, such as metaphors ("the tears rushed up in his eyes and dropped upon them”). But suddenly everything extremely changes. The information of the death of Bosinney came from the police who came to Jame’s house. There were some talks that the death was caused by suicide. However, a police man said that it was an accident in the fog.  In elevated mood Soames goes home  he knows  that his wife had come back to his house. In fact, in some parts of his feeling, he want  to let his wife to leave him unlimited time. Soames know that his wife will never be able to go away from home again. She will be Soames’s own property again.

(By Tanya)