Wednesday, February 27, 2013

literature the bridge to friendship


Other than all of the depressing themes in the story, one positive scene I saw in the story that stood out was how Maria had read the books that was available to her and then help her lead up to the man Darnford and Jemima. After some conversations with each other, all three characters begin to open up with each other. It is sort of strange how the whole destiny of their meetings were triggered by the books. However, the content of the books which started the whole thing was unique because the story itself refers to Milton’s Paradise Lost and Dryden’s Fables. Some of these works are very influential for the time as is today. However, one could say that the books themselves took an identity in which guided all the characters to meet. Books themselves present people with the transfer of knowledge, but could they be also a guide for people to meet with others with the same understanding of the story itself? Nevertheless, Maria had found some escapism of the world around her in the books and found some moment of peace with the idea of what the books presented.  

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