![]() ![]() The Archduke thus represents for Colin not only the arbitrariness of death but also, by the end of the novel, the potential power of storytelling over historical events. In this way, the story of the Archduke is distorted even further beyond the actual facts of his life. Dinzanfar wanted his grave to be marked as that of the Archduke, and Hollis has recently decided to capitalize on tourists who want to see the grave. Franz Ferdinand, who was stationed at a military garrison in Prague, paid frequent visits to Halbturn Castle, the home of Archduke Friedrich, and it was assumed that he had fallen in love with Friedrich's eldest daughter, Archduchess Marie Christine. His assassination in 1914 at the hands of a Bosnian revolutionary led to the outbreak of World War I. After his father died in 1896, Ferdinand became next in line for the throne. When Colin has been kicked in his own groin near the end of the novel, he anagrams the letters on the obelisk and realizes that it is not the Archduke at all who is buried there, but rather Lindsey’s great grandfather, whose name is an anagram of Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand (December 18, 1863June 28, 1914) was a member of the royal Habsburg dynasty, which ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria-Hungary, 1914 Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of the archduke Charles Louis, who was the brother of the emperor Franz Joseph. The grave has an obelisk, which John Green himself has acknowledged appears to be a phallic symbol, representing that the Archduke’s identity as a man continues in his death. ![]() The town of Gutshot, Tennessee boasts that it holds the grave of the Archduke, and it is this grave that initially inspires Colin to stop in Gutshot while on his road trip with Hassan. The band was originally composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy. Colin worries about the legacy he will leave, and he worries (although not explicitly) that if he is to achieve any kind of legacy, it might only be by dying young like the Archduke. Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in 2002 and based in Glasgow. It seems that Colin also finds significance in the figure of the Archduke because he died young, and was not particularly impressive to anyone while he was alive. Colin identifies with the Archduke because he was shot in the gut, and the wound must have felt the physical version of the emotional hole Colin locates in his own gut. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is considered one of the key events that led to World War I. Franz Ferdinand ignored warnings that Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand still reeling from Austrian annexation in 1908 was plotting to assassinate him during his state visit to Sarajevo. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a not particularly important or well-liked Autro-Hungarian aristocrat while he was alive, but his assassination in 1914 was used as justification by his relatives to start the conflict that would ultimately become World War I. ![]()
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