![]() ![]() Once Phillotson is gone, Jude dedicates himself to learning as much as he possibly can. We have absolutely no idea the boy and the schoolmaster will one day be rivals in love, and that both of them will lose out on their big dreams of Christminster. ![]() We're set up to believe that Phillotson will serve as some kind of guide for Jude, or at the very least that the schoolmaster will act as an ideal for Jude as the young man grows up. ![]() Honestly, this is a bit of genius on Hardy's part. The second reason it's a big time moment is because it introduces us to Phillotson. The desire to succeed in this university town will drive Jude through the rest of the book. This moment is big for two reasons.įirst, it introduces the idea (or the ideal) of Christminster to Jude. Phillotson's departure bums Jude out, but it is the event that sets everything in motion. His beloved schoolmaster Richard Phillotson is leaving the small town of Marygreen to go to Christminster to become a scholar. When we first meet Jude Fawley, he's a boy of eleven, and he's just looking for something to believe in. Exposition (Initial Situation) Just a Small Town Boy, Living In a Lonely World, Took the Midnight Train Going to-Christminster? ![]()
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