Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd tells us a story that happened in a village of Britain. The young farmer, Oak, had fallen in love with a girl named Bathsheba Everdene. Bathsheba was beautiful, but too proud, so she didn’t accept O ak. The girl’s uncle was also a farmer, and she succeeded him after his death, so Bathsheba became very rich. At the same time, Oak lost everything in one night, and Bathsheba became his employer, he worked for her as a shepherd. As he thought that he had chance to be close to Bathsheba, another farmer from a rich family, Boldwood, had came into Bathsheba’s life and he begged her to accept his love and marry him. But Bathsheba gave her love to a Sergeant Troy, and soon they got married. However, Troy had a lover named Fanny Robin, and this caused a series of unhappiness. Troy left their home after Fanny’s death, and Bathsheba lived a painful life since then. Then there was some bad news, people said that Troy had been killed at sea. Boldwood asked her to marry him again, and Bathsheba agreed to marry him if there was no any news about Troy six years later. Troy appeared surprisingly at the party, which Boldwood wanted to ask for Bathsheba’s hand in marriage. Boldwood shot Troy with a gun because of fury, and then he gave himself up to the police. He was judged to be mad, and sent to the prison for life. Finally, Bathsheba became Oak’s wife. And they faced the hard tests of life together.
Village, is a place that far from the madding crowd, and it is not complicated. However, not every person there has a pure heart. There are all kinds of people. The young sergeant Troy, with his good looks, he deceived girls time after time. He was good at mouthing beautiful words. Even the proud girl, Bathsheba, was seduced by him. It cannot be denied that Bathsheba was as naive and chaste as a child. But at the same time, she was vainglorious. Her isolation from reality made her life road be full of bumpy. And Boldwood’s love for her was pure, without any distracting thoughts. He was a great person, he just wanted her to live in happiness. His love was very great, but he lost his
mind, it’s reckless of him to kill Troy. And Bathsheba’s ignorance was the principal cause of Boldwood’s tragedy.
Oak, in my eyes, was a man with a gentle heart, and he was determined. Though he became very poor in the disaster, he worked hard, and he loved her as always. He had a tolerant heart, he stayed with her in her most disappointed. Though he was not so rich as Boldwood, and not as handsome as Troy, he had his own good qualities, and they empowered him to overcome all the difficulties and live with Bathsheba. Their love grows from fight in the hard tests of life, and this kind of feeling is the only love which is strong as death.
Being the master of ourselves, we should know ourselves well, without pretending and without being vain. We should be a primeval person. In my opinion, the happiest life is the simplest life.。