The Complexities of Morality and Perception in Tom Jones...

The Complexities of Morality and Perception in Tom Jones by Henry Fielding When Henry Fieldings Tom Jones was published, it was considered by many critics to be an entirely immoral, and thus, quite offensive piece of writing. Even the back cover of our Oxford Worlds Classics edition makes reference to the work as A motley history of bastardism, fornication and adultery. Inside this same edition, John Benders introduction describes the negative response to the work by Fieldings own peers and predecessors in Samuel Johnson and Samuel Richardson (xvii-xx). While the public was somewhat more enticed by the storys seedy details and wild characters, the book was generally considered with at least a little skepticism regarding†¦show more content†¦His novel is a work containing many sets of corresponding opposites. And so this direct and opposing set of opinions about Tom and Master Blifil helps establish the two as one of these sets. Also, the formation of Mr. Allworthys less than shining opinion of Tom provides some foreshadowing of his later action s towards our main character. Fielding goes as far as to directly point out this foreshadowing, in a typical intrusion of narrative perspective, when he tells us that this developing shift in opinions has prepared Mr. Allworthys mind for those impressions which afterwards produced the mighty events that will be contained hereafter in this history (122). This kind of narrative intrusion pops up all over Tom Jones, and it is an exceptionally blatant use of the device later in the chapter which gives this portion of the book such importance when considering Fieldings moral implications. After establishing the impression of the two boys developed by Mr. Allworthy, Fielding inserts an entire paragraph, written in the authors own voice, outlining one of the novels major moral assertions. Fielding, aware of this passages function, even subtitles the chapter In which the author himself makes an appearance on the stage (121), laying out for the reader a clear understanding of the presence of a narrative voice outside the action of the story which serves to clarify the authors opinion of the chapters meaning. He uses the impression of the boys describedShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesEditorial Director: Sally Yagan Director of Editorial Services: Ashley Santora Acquisitions Editor: Brian Mickelson Editorial Project Manager: Sarah Holle Editorial Assistant: Ashlee Bradbury VP Director of Marketing: Patrice Lumumba Jones Senior Marketing Manager: Nikki Ayana Jones Senior Managing Editor: Judy Leale Production Project Manager: Becca Groves Senior Operations Supervisor: Arnold Vila Operations Specialist: Cathleen Petersen Senior Art Director: Janet Slowik Art Director: Kenny Beck TextRead MoreProject Managment Case Studies214937 Words   |  860 PagesInternational Project Manager s Day (D) (see handout provided by instructor) Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Korea 177 Ji nan Broadcasting Corporation 196 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES 205 Quasar Communications, Inc. 207 Jones and Shephard Accountants, Inc. 212 Fargo Foods 216 Government Project Management 220 Falls Engineering 222 White Manufacturing 227 Martig Construction Company 229 Mohawk National Bank 231 5 NEGOTIATING FOR RESOURCES 235 Ducor Chemical 237