IE-C-3 Book Report-2

11308290
1-B-33
Katsuki Fujiuchi

MLA Citation
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. (First Published: 1891) 119 pages

Responding to the plot:
If I were a character in the story, -for example, Tess- I can’t live like her. I think I would not go to such a far place. In addition, if I were Alec, I won’t chase Tess as that much. This answer will be the same answer as the question, “If I was the author, what would you done differently?”
In page 118, where Tess gets death penalty by killing Alec, she says “I am ready.” I think this word tells the pureness of Tess.

Setting:
This story took place in the United Kingdom. It starts from the end of May in the late 1880’s.

Point of view:
I think this story is told from the third person. The sentences written are like I’m watching a movie.
Conflict:
I think this is in conflict between a woman versus her environment and other people. That means Tess is fighting against Alec, and her life.

Climax:
I think the climax of this story is where Tess kills Alec. It was very shocking to me.

Symbol:
I think this story’s symbol is Tess herself. This is the stoy of her life.

Irony:
I think the most ironic part of this story is the part that Tess kills Alec. Before that, she was a pure girl.

Themes:
I think this story’s theme is “People’s Life”. I think the writer wanted to tell about that by using Tess.

Reflecting On The Story
There were two things that were shocking to me. First one was that she had to born a baby of Alec when she was 17 years old, and second is that Angel wasn’t a real “Angel”- he was just a pretender.- I found their life is different from mine. Therefore, I think that their environment is different from mine. If this turned into a film, I think that the number of the place she went will be fewer, or if I was a director of this film, I would divide this story and make it as 2 or 3 - maybe more - episodes.
I think the author wrote this because of his life. Wikipedia said that he got marry two times. I agree with the author’s view of people’s life because I think there are many pretenders around us. What I learned from this story was that people men betray women so easily. I think how I think about the male of human changed after reading this story. However, I didn’t expect that Tess will kill Alec at last.