![]() It is she, and she alone, that removes the mote from Amelia's eyes regarding her feelings for William Dobbin. In the end, it is Miss Sharp that gains at least some measure of redemption. We do deserve to know her, to care for her, to appreciate her for whom she is, and she deserves to be brought in from the rambunctiousness and vagaries of the Fair. The real challenge, however, is how best to love, appreciate, and care for the Miss Becky Sharps in our lives. Our task, according to Thackeray, is to figure out how best to treat them, how best to interact and understand them, how to live with them. There will always be Lord Steynes, Jos Sedleys, Old Osbornes, Mother Sedleys, Sir Pitt Crawleys, Miss Crawleys, the George Osbornes, William Dobbins, and Amelias. It is through the use of satire that we realize that the characters at the Fair are us - have been us, and always will be us - generation after generation, and nothing will change only the time will change. The novel drips with satire from page to page it is full of wit and sardonic humor. She is a woman of purpose, and that is a rare quality in many people. Rawdon Crawley - is committed to living life at its fullest, and not one jot less. ![]() Strong-minded and willed, a terrible mother, but a battle-axe to those who take her head-on. Becky is perhaps not a woman easily liked, but she is an admirable woman, a tough woman, and a woman I can respect. I also learned through the course of the novel that I can't outright condemn Becky Sharp. If we care to, we can learn to become better parents, better husbands, better wives, and better friends. This voice of reason grounds us makes us understand the joy, the pain, the happiness, and the sorrow that accompanies each of us in our journey through life. Vanity Fair is with us, all around us and many times we never fully understand the roles that the players play. It seemed that at every opportune moment, the narrator took a step back and informed us, the reader, of some nugget, some little moral, that placed the actions of the participants in the Fair in context. To me, the narrator's voice in the novel was most amazing. It is her methods that vary from what you and I might use or do they? She can't help it, and nor should she is she really any different than any of us? No, she's not. No, Miss Rebecca Sharp sprang from the womb enlivened with her desire to claw her way to the top. ![]() This novel is not the coming of age, or bildungsroman, of Becky Sharp. The 'Hero' of Vanity Fair is the steadfast and stalwart William Dobbin of that there is no doubt. "Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero." I disagree with Thackeray. She can't help it, and nor should she is she really any diffe Here I am, 54 years old, and for the very first time reading William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair. ![]() Here I am, 54 years old, and for the very first time reading William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
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