less ▁winter ▁journey ▁of ▁a ▁disappoint ed ▁lo ver , ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁‘ on ▁[ his ] ▁way ▁anywhere , ▁but ▁simply ▁on ▁[ his ] ▁way ’ . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁narr ative , ▁actual ▁or ▁imp lied ; ▁just ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁enc oun ters ▁and ▁depart ures ▁– ▁with ▁and ▁from ▁places , ▁land sc apes , ▁natural ▁phen omena , ▁animals ▁and , ▁margin ally , ▁human ▁be ings ." ▁The ▁same ▁description ▁could ▁equally ▁apply ▁to ▁the ▁narr ator ▁of ▁From ▁An ▁Ab andon ed ▁Work . ▁ ▁History ▁" Pro per ▁names ▁are ▁less ▁important ▁in ▁such ▁works ▁as ▁The ▁End , ▁The ▁Exp elled , ▁The ▁Cal m ative , ▁First ▁Love ▁[ and ] ▁Text s ▁for ▁Nothing ▁... ▁Here ▁Beck ett ' s ▁method ▁is ▁to ▁introduce ▁an ▁un named ▁first ▁person ▁narr ator ; ▁to ▁give ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁secondary ▁characters ▁names ▁related ▁to ▁their ▁roles ▁(" my ▁father ", ▁" a ▁polic eman ", ▁a ▁" c ab man "); ▁and ▁to ▁reserve ▁proper ▁names ▁for ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁peri pher al ▁characters " ▁such ▁as , ▁in ▁From ▁An ▁Ab andon ed ▁Work , ▁Bal fe . ▁ ▁The ▁gro tes que ▁Bal fe ▁was ▁a ▁real ▁person , ▁a ▁road ▁worker ▁in ▁Fox rock , ▁from ▁Beck ett ' s ▁child hood . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁James ▁Know l son ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁the ▁eight y - three - year - old ▁Beck ett ▁could