LITERARY ESSAY: The Son´s Veto

THE SON´S VETO

The Son´s Veto, by Thomas Hardy, is a story about a mother and his son that have a bad relationship. His son prohibits many of the petitions that his mother ask. It is a tragic story which includes Drama and Sadness. In this Essay I will talk about the themes relationship and social class.

My opinion is that these themes are the most important. Throughout the book Sophie, Randolph´s mother, has a bad relationship with her son. She is controlled by him. Randolph takes the decisions of his mother. Shee tries to marry Sam, another character of the story, but her son takes the decision that Sophy can not marry with Sam. These problems came, at the beggining of the story, when Sophy married a very rich man called Twicoot, without loving him. Then they decided to have a son and when he became and adult, the problems begun. This problem of Sophy and Randolph is not so noticeable at the begining, but then Randolph starts to veto Sophy´s life.

Another theme is Social Class. You can see this in whole the story. It is something that highlights all the characters, mainly Sophie. She is a poor girl that decides to marry a Richman for benefit. She needed money, and had a bad education so she took this decision. The social class is the factor that makes Sophie´s life change. This means that Sophy´s life change into a better life when she married Mr Twiccot. Sophy´s son is also affected by the social class because of his education. Here I will show an example related to Sophy and Sam about social class. "well Do you wont to marry?" "Not much. But it would be a home for me. And e have heard that one of us will have to leave" This shows Sophy´s decision made at the begining of the story.

In this story, the author shows the lives of these characters and their real personality. He shows the ralationship betwwen Randolph and Sophy. This story is interesting and tragic. The author made a good job. He shows these themes in a very clever way. In my opinion I will recommend this story.