"Cliff Notes - Tom Jones" - читать интересную книгу автора (Cliff Notes)

- Sophia flees Tom M by parents. to London. But Tom again
because of A and Sophia do not his infidelity with N meet in
this section Lady Bellaston. C of the novel. - Tom and Sophia
are E reconciled by "parents": Western, Mrs. Miller,
and Allworthy. - Tom and Sophia marry.
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TOM JONES: POINT OF VIEW Point of view
is one of the most fascinating aspects of Tom Jones. It's
intricately related to another intriguing aspect of the novel,
Fielding's brilliant narrative technique.

Basically, Fielding employs a third-person, omniscient
(all-knowing) point of view. He shifts the focus from one
character (usually Tom) to another, and sometimes adopts a more
general vantage point. To heighten suspense, Fielding often
limits the focus of his narrative. For example, in the Upton
Inn section of the novel, the narrator relates that a lady and
her maid arrive at the inn. You must determine that they are
Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her maid. A more important example is the
question of Tom's parentage, which Fielding keeps hidden from
Tom--and from you--as long as possible.

In fact, Fielding is so clever at hiding and disguising
important information that sometimes you can't fully appreciate
his cleverness until you've read Tom Jones a second time. The
encounter between Blifil and Tom in Book V, Chapter 9, provides
one example of a scene that yields an entirely different
interpretation the second time you read it. We will explore
this further in The Story section.

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TOM JONES: THEMES

The following are themes of Tom Jones.

1. THE HUNT

Fielding effectively uses a metaphor taken from the sport of
hunting. He creates the image of people driven by passions and
instincts to pursue others, the way hunters pursue a fox. In
the first half of the novel, Sophia pursues Tom Jones,
metaphorically and literally, and in the second half Tom pursues
Sophia. Squire Western spends most of his time hunting fox, but
when he finds Sophia gone, he sets out to hunt her down as
well.

Fielding elaborates this theme into a complex pattern of
pursuits and flights. The hunted can also be a hunter, and the
roles can suddenly reverse--as with Sophia and Tom. The hunter