An
Essay on The Son´s Veto
In The Son´s Veto, by Thomas Hardy, a woman named Sophy wants to marry
an ordinary man, her old friend Sam, after her first husband dies and her son
does not want her to. The author shows that marriage without love is not good
and that discrimination for social class is terrible.
In the short story, Sophy marries Mr
Twycott when she is nineteen, twenty years younger than Mr Twycott. He is a
vicar and a widower and Sophy´s master. He tells her to marry him after she
twists her foot and could not stand up. She is disabled for a long time. Sophy
does not exactly love him, but she has respect for him. She says yes because
of respect and money, because she comes
from a poor family.
Sophy is not well educated and is
from a poor family in Gaymead. People discriminate her so Mr Twycott decides to
move after marrying because it is social suicide in front of the neighbours.
Her husband wants her to have a good education when she speaks. For example, she
confuses the use of “was” and “were”. So he helps her to improve this.
Also, Sophy is discriminated by her
son, Randolph. He is a gentelman and is ordained a priest. He studied at a
Public School and he does not live with his mother. He is irritated when his
mother speaks badly. So Sophy feels lonely and sad because her son feels
ashamed of her.
In The Son´s Veto, the author shows that marriage without love is not
good and that discrimination for social class is terrible. This makes Sophy
feel sad and she dies, being middle aged and on a wheeled chair. She dies alone
in her house thinking that her son does not love her. Reading this short story
made me realize how important it is to accept the other person as he is and not
to reject him.
