Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

Do you believe that people are vain indeed or do they just pretend to be? On the trip through the most classical works of English literature we make our stop at the great novel "Vanity Fair", which the author himself called "novel without a hero". Is it true that there isn`t a hero? In the sense of a central male figure - yes, it is true, there isn`t a man whom you would call a hero, especially judging them by their behaviour - there`s Joseph Sedley - a naive and not particulary smart coward, there George Osbourne - a rich guy who doesn`t really know what to do about his own life and there`s William Dobbin who`s at least smart but who acts like a fool in love. And about the female stars - Becky Sharp who marries a possible heir of big bucks is an interesting character that`s able to use her female powers to gain control over men. But she`s considered to be the bad person, while Amelia Sedley - a whiny silly chick that loves her one and only George despite him being such a fool, is thought to be the true positive heroess a novel needs. Disgusting! And the novel is extremely long - there are many characters, every single one of them does lots of things (except for Amelia that keeps on crying the whole time thus making me want her death). The only reason to read this is to improve the overall level of education, but if you want to read an interesting it`s not the best choice. Oh, I forgot - the idea about the "vanity fair" of high society life is a good one, and the last sentence about the puppets being put back in their boxes is also good.