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1、AReviewofHigherSocietyfromVanityFairAnanalysisofBeckySharp,themainprotagonistin"VanityFair".PaperSummary:ThispaperdescribesthemaincharacterinWilliamThackeray's"VanityFair",BeckySharpandexplainshow,throughthischaracterThackerayconveysthemessagethatdespiteallthewealthandmaterialpos
2、sessionsonecan'tbeguaranteedhappiness.FromthePaper:"RebeccasharpisthemainprotagonistofVanityFair.Shedoesnothaveanysocialstatusasshewasbornintoapoorfamily.RebeccaisthedaughterofapennilessartistfatherandFrenchoperadancermother.Herparents'lineofworkwasfrowneduponinVictoriantimesandt
3、husgaveherfamilyabadreputationinsociety.Thisisonereasonwhyshehasbeentreatedwithalotofdisrespectandhumiliatedonseveraloccasions.Herfatherispennilessandspendsmostoftimedrinkinginthetavernsorrunninguphisdebts.Hermotherpassedawayearlyinherlifetime."AnAnalysisofValuesofVanityInVanityF
4、air1.Thesedays,I’vereadabooknamedVanityFairandlearnedalotfromit.Inessence,vanityitselfisneitherrightnorwrong.However,whenwearemotivatedbyourdesires,wearelikelytokeepsomeproblemsinperspective.Inthebeginning,wesetthewronggoalswhichweactuallydon’tlikeandchoosethewrongwaywhichareagai
5、nstourwills.Thatisbecausewedon’thaveagoodunderstandingofourselvesandwedon’tknowwhatwedowant.AsfarasI’mconcerned,weshouldnotattachtoomuchimportancetovanityandsortofthing.Moreover,inapursuitofthem,weshouldsticktotwoprinciples:oneistomakeourselveshappyandtheothertospareothers’feelin
6、gs.Inthisbook,Rebeccaimpressesmemost,whoistypicalofbeingaddictedtopursuingvanity.UnlikeAmelia,bornwithasilverspooninhermouth,RebeccaisapoororphanofanartistandaFrenchoperagirl.InMissPinkerton’sacademyforyoungladies,Rebecca,anarticledpupil,islookeddownupon,insultedandbullied.Inorde
7、rtoavoidthat,shestopsatnothinginanattempttomarryintothehighsociety.WheninAmelia’shome,shesparesnoeffortstochaseafterJoseph,Amelia’soldbrotherthatiswealthyandhasahighsocialstatus.Nevertheless,itdoesn’tworkoutquitewell.AfterherdeparturefromAmelia,sheservesasaprivateteacherinSirPitt
8、’shouse.ShemakeseverymeanstoflatterOldan
