Maestro, a novel about love in all its forms

What does Paul learn about love from his various relationships in the novel?

‘Maestro’ is a novel about maturity and adolescence, inevitably involving love in all its forms. Paul learns a lot about love from his various relationships and experiences from the text. In Paul’s relationships, there is a distinct contrast of the sensual versus the intellectual. When coming to terms with his sexuality, Paul has difficulty balancing the two. As a result, Paul learns some of the greatest lessons of his life and grows into a mature, responsible and caring adult.

As all teenagers do, Paul experiences love and falls for a girl called Megan, the much sought after yet shallow beauty. Although Paul says he has fallen in love with her, he is soon to realise that he merely lusts after her. He dreams of her body and not her personality and once he has become intimate with her, he realises just how shallow his feelings for her are and that she is only after one thing. However, the second time he falls in love, it is much more genuine and is based on more than appearance. Rosie was the other smart kid in the class who worshipped Paul and that at first annoyed him and made him dislike h

Throughout the book, Paul learns about parental love from both his own parents and also from Keller. From watching his own parents, Paul learns about parental love by observing how they both express their love for him. He realises that this love may seem different, depending upon whom is expressing it, but that love is still essentially the same. Also, Paul learns about this form of love from Keller. When Paul sees how much Keller is still grieving for the loss of both his son and wife, Paul comes to realise that parental love is so strong and that it will never end and in a way it seemed that Keller showed parental love for Paul, which was expressed in his drive for Paul to achieve the best. A vivid scene, in which Keller shows the love for his own loved ones, is when he attends a concert in Darwin with the Crabbe’s. As the music of Wagner begins to play, Keller weeps. “Tears were filling the deep fissures of that parched landscape, Keller’s face.” The memories of his lost son and wife mixed with the guilt he feels about their death, reduce him to tears, thereby showing that Keller will never forget them, and will always love them. “You’ve been like a father to me” is how Paul sums up his love for Keller. It is evident that he was taught more than just music but was taught a great deal about life. Thanks to this, Paul comes to reali

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