Far From The Madding Crowd: Bo

Far from the Madding Crowd appeared in 1874, the year of its author, Thomas Handy’s marriage to Emma Gifford. This book is regarded as the beginning of his successful novels, and also his first novel in which Thomas Handy use the term “Wessex”, a partly fictionalized region of southwest England centred on his own country of Dorset. “Wessex” consists in many of his subsequent novels.

The story happened in a village called Weatherbury, a place far away from the city crowd in space. The leading role, Bathsheba Everdene is a young lady with a characteristic mixed with the purity influenced by the atmosphere of the village life and the independence that a beautiful and wealthy lady has. She came to Weatherbury to inherit his uncle’s farm, and accordingly became the mistress of the farm. In her view, she is too independent that it is seemed that she doesn’t need any male or a husband. Compared to marrying someone she is more likely to live alone but freely.

Full of energy and the desire for freedom adds infinite enchantment to Bathsheba Everdene, strongly attracting the man around her. There were three men appeared in Bathsheba’s life, one is named Gabriel Oak, a shepherd with a mild heart and tranquil mind, one is named William Boldwood who is wealthy and noble, the last one is Sergeant Troy whose insolence mystery captured Bathsheba’s heart. She married Troy but only after a series of things that nearly broke her down had she found there was always a man accompanying her.

In my views, the greatest point in this book is that it demonstrated two kinds of men that will appear in a woman’s life. Just as Zhang Ailing’s book Red Rose And White Rose, one kind is pure and tender like a white rose, the other is fervent and seductive like a red rose. Tender and warm though Gabriel is, he could not tame Bathsheba at all and no wonder he met her cold refusal. Contrast to Gabriel, Troy is the very kind of lover in most girls’ dream. Like an Italian folk song sings, he is the “Black- flame lover” .Instead of warming, that flame merely burn and hurt anyone who come close.  But once this flame flares, no one can resist its magic. I think this is the reason why he was outstand from Bathsheba’s pursuers and gained her heart.

What I conclude from the book is that women love the red rose, love a man who can conquer and tame her. But most of them will choose the white rose in the end, which means that they will choose the man like Gabriel. Because loving the former is too exhausted. May be they will never know the pain man of Troy’s kind will bring to them unless they are hurt by his scarlet uniform and sword. I think this book tells us even in that case we should learn to return back to find that there is always a white rose waiting for us. Silent, but it is true to be there.

Beautiful village and free life; moving plots and unrestrained emotions. Every word in this book gives you a visual delight. No matter in hot summer or in snowy winter, Far from the Madding Crowd can make you forget where you are and lead you join the life those heroes lived in and change your moods with the deepening of the plot. In a word this is a marvelous classics novel that really worth reading, not only can you kill you leisure time but also you can be mature with the heroine. This book help you form your own attitude towards love, make you be more rational and hold beliefs to find true love.

2016-05-09

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