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History has got to the point where it is about to end In the novel Waterland by Graham Swift, he discusses many different types of history; in particular the ending of history as everyone knows it. Throughout the book, in fact, Swift seems obsessed with the idea of history, itself, and it comes to almost have a life of its own. This of course, begs the question: what is it about history that has Swift so concerned? The main character is a history teacher named Tom Crick who has just learned that he is about to be fired because history is no longer considered significant or have any intrinsic value in the twentieth century. In Tom's adolescent age he grow up with stories being taught by his mother and later father, which helped him to analysis his own history and life's misfortunes. Tom also examines his own...

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