Comparing The Three Fathers In Silas Marner
Silas Marner, is a book of great depth, considering many types of
situations that people still find themselves in today. It gives us an
inner view on how people used cope with their troubles during the
period of the industrial revolution, be they minor or major ones.
George Eliot reveals human nature perceptively, humourously, and
extremely intelligently. She is a brilliant writer, who is able to
capture our hearts throughout the book. She makes us laugh, smile and
even cry, and her ability to do this makes the book a great success.
This book makes us aware that throughout the course of time, people
have not really changed their habits, and today, we see people stuck
in same problems that they were in back then. From what might seem to
some people a boring and pointless book, because of George Eliot's
style of writing, and the use of language, which at the time that the
book was written would have been quite normal. May to others like
myself, be seen as a book with great meaning, perceiving different
things to different people. To me it explores the growth of human
life, through stages of betrayal and loss to pure happiness. George
Eliot, a woman whom herself had a troublesome life, is able to see
difficult issues from many sides, and inevitably raises questions
about fatherhood. This to the readers can be seen as an interesting
topic to look closely at, as the characters that fulfill these roles
in the book are very different from each other, due to the way that
their problems are revealed to us. In fact, George Eliot says, that
the book 'is intended to set in a strong light the remedial in...
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...ngels now. But yet men are led away from threatening
destructions; a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently
towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward;
and the hand may be a little child's."
One of the main points that I think comes out of this book, is one
person's ability to change another person's life. This is a fantastic
thing to achieve and the way in which a small child like Eppie manages
to make such a big difference to Silas is great. The story's end
presents us with a moralistic conclusion. The bad die unhappily, and
the good live happily. This relates very much to a "Fairy Tale" ending
where everyone lives happily ever after, this is something that I
never would have expected from this book, but it goes to show that"Fairy
Tales" don't just happen in children's books!
In the first chapter of the book we are introduced to one of the main
What are the important themes of the book? What questions or issues about teaching and learning does it address?
The student may find it useful to begin the paper with the following quote from the novel:
people understand each other.? This is also what the book is about. Understanding each other is
...nce our perceptions on reality and the concept of a utopian society. The connection between our own society and elements of the novel enable readers to recognize that although a literal utopian society is not possible, the closest we can come to perfection is to find a balance between what is and what we can imagine.
In this essay, I am going to compare the ways the writers present the relationship between parents and children in Romeo and Juliet, Her Father and My father thought it Bloody Queer.
issues that the author deal with in the book are a prediction of the future; it can
To begin with, one of the lessons the story shows is that the situation one wishes and hopes to be
The biggest type thing that I picked up on in this book was neglect to the children. The definition of child
This book teaches the importance of self-expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful of what is going on. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
"At the very end of the novel- what is represented as being important? Find two quotes to illustrate this".
...nd enjoyable. The one thing that did bug me was that Youngs does not directly tie his thesis directly to the end of the book. It would have been helpful for the reader to be able to confirm Youngs’s intention for writing the book, but since he fails to re-introduce his argument in the end, it left me questioning that intention.
It is easier to grasp a meaning of this line further along in the book.
...e preceding reasons, all college students should read the book. The book will captivate the educated mind, and most importantly, will cause that mind to think and to question why things happen as they do.
The one of the main themes in the epilogue, and in the entire novel is