The Day The World Ended :: essays research papers

SONS AND LOVERSRelationships invite, and always will contain many different levels. These levels can produce somewhat of a terra firma of confusion in ones life, and have many different impacts. But when a change and a transformation takes place, one can reach a smudge of clarity and a new found direction. In the comparison of two novels, we see several relationships portrayed along these lines, and how the two main characters transform to take cargon what is most sacred to them. Paul Morel is the main character in D.H. Lawrences novel Sons and Lovers. The story charts his early life from when his parents married, and the subsequent birth of their four children. During this time, the three women who have the greatest impact on Pauls life are his bewilder, Miriam and Clara. Each woman displays a definite influence on Paul, but all three are shown in different times of his life. This influence goes on to shape the life of Paul. In conjunction to this, the story of The French Lieu tenants Woman and the main character in that story, Charles, will be compared showing similarities and differences of the relationships of women in his life. In the story Sons and Lovers from the very beginning their was a connection among Paul and his mother. It was seen that a bond was formed between the two of them, but it wasnt very strong in the beginning. The strong mother &8211son bond was between Pauls older brother William and his mother. Paul appeared to be desirous of this, and it wasnt until William moved away that Pauls mother noticed him. William was offered a job in London, the big city in comparison to their town. When he left, it was almost like a part of his mother had left too. She was crushed, very upset, and very unstable. It wasnt until Paul came down with an illness, and was on the boundaries of death when his mother finally really took notice in him. Paul was then care for back to himself, and shared this same type of bond that William had shared with his mother. Mrs. Morel (the mother) lived for her children, especially William, but then Paul. As Paul grew older, his mother never suffered alone, and neither did he. He was always there for her when she needed him, she told him all her problems, and he listened as best he could, as a child and as a man.