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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
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