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The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence is a novel by Edith Wharton. The story was

happened in New York City's upper class in the 1870s, and told us a story

of love triangle.

One

major

character

of

this

story,

Newland

Archer

is

a

young,

popular,

successful

lawyer.

Before

he

meets

Ellen

Olenska,

his

life

has

never

changed,

and

always

has

been

filled

with

the

old

culture

and

customs

of

the

old

society.

Ellen

makes

him

find

the

new

and

wrong

things in upper class. At one time, Newland had lost himself in his love to

Ellen

and

wanted

to

elope

with

her.

But

after

his

wife’s

pregnancy,

Newland still surrenders to the society, find the

“

right

”

way to continue

his own lift, and never out of loyalty to their marriage.

Well, in the beginning of the story, Ellen has fled from her unhappy

marriage,

and

has

returned

to

America.

She

fell

in

love

with

Newland.

However,

because

of

she

love

he,

Ellen

drives

an

important

decision.

When

she

has

heard

the

May's

pregnancy,

she

immediately

decides

to

disappear from his life and leave America.

In

my

opinion,

Ellen

is

a

typical

rebel

of

that

society;

she

doesn’t

know

all

the

rules

of

Old

New

York’s

upper

-class.

And,

she

hates

all

things in a boring life; the most important one is a marriage without love.

However,

those

rules

destined

the

impossibility

between

she

and

Newland’s

love.

They

can't

get

rid

of

the

bondage

of

the

society,

their

love

also

have

no

place

to

survival.

In

a

word,

they

think

and

consideration too much for each other. At last, they will miss each other.

Another major character of this story, May Welland is different from

the above two person. She is a great model of upper class. She smile all

the time, always know what to do and how to do. At first, she follows and

obeys

and

engaged

to

Newland.

After

the

marriage,

when

she

suspects

Newland

is

Ellen's

lover,

May

has

always

pretends

to

be

happy

before

society. She always knew that her husband love with others, but She loves

her husband. In the end she has used her unborn kid to keep her husband.

May always think she will win in this love battle because of the whole

society behind her.

After reading this novel, I think that the poorest man is Newland. He