Sympathy for Sophy in the Son's Veto

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Thomas Hardy makes us feel sympathy for Sophy. In the story on page 46, Sophy is referred to as ” The chaired lady”. This makes us feel bad for her because she is just known as the chaired lady who seems useless to everybody else. On page 47, Sophy’s son Randolph yells at his mother ” Has dear mother- not have! exclaimed the public school boy, with an impatient fastidiousness that was almost harsh”. This shows that Randolph makes his mother seem stupid by correcting her grammar. Also, the way he corrected her was in a rude way. It makes us feel sad for her because it’s her own son that points out to her that she has bad grammar. Hardy makes us feel sympathy towards Sophy because she wished to get away from Reverend Twycott but did not dare to refuse his proposal, which shows that she cannot live her life the way she wants to. A sentence that shows this is on page 48, ” even if she had wished to get away from him, she hardly dared to refuse”. Also, on page 48, It is mentioned that Sophy did not exactly love Twycott. This makes us feel depressed and upset for her because you should be married to a person you love and feel happy with because you are going to be with them your whole life, but Sophy did not exactly have a choice. Another example of how Thomas Hardy makes us feel Sympathy towards Sophy is on page 50 , ” Her foot never regained its natural strength after the accident”. This makes us feel sorry for Sophy because her foot had never regained its strength after the accident and she is now crippled. After Sophy’s husband died , she was very lonely and felt depressed. She met Sam Hobson , a man who proposed to her before her marriage and had asked her to marry him once again. But she could not accept, because her son did not allow it. The saddest part of the story is when Sophy dies. She accepted what her son thought of the proposal because she loved him , and

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