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The real issues in the damnation of Theron ware are not issues of religion, but rather cultural issues. ... Theron becomes damned in the novel because of what he is. Theron cannot be anymore than what he is, a simple Methodist minister, yet when he is shown another way of life, he wants to enter. The problems that Theron is having in the novel reflect questions that people were having on religious issues at the time. ... Each of the old beliefs and new ideas take form in this novel through on of the characters, and it is through character development, especially Theron’s, that we see the conflict being argued out and solved. Though Theron is the minister, throughout the book he is shown as wanting something more. ... It appears to me that the conflict within Theron is a conflict of the old ways verses a modern life. The city symbolizes the new and the free, while the rural town, in which Theron is stuck, symbolizes the traditional beliefs. Just as, for most of the novel, Theron is stuck in the rural town, he is also stuck within his beliefs. ... Theron tries to enter another way of life, which is shown to him by Celia, father Forbes, and dr. ... ” In other words, Theron would appear to be in a no-win situation. Just as Theron is stuck in this no-win situation, it would appear that the Methodist church is stuck in it, as well. ... Theron, like society, however, does not want to five up his religion to enter a new life, but instead he wants to incorporate the two. This eventually leads to Theron’s breakdown and near death experience at the end of the novel. At the opposite pole of Theron stand Dr. ... Ledsmar and Father Forbes that is the downfall and the damnation of theron. ... Celia is just one more facet of the other world that Theron can’t have. ... It is this freedom that draws Theron to her. ... It seems that theron admires her for this, and more and more patterns his own actions after her own. ... While most men who cheat onthier wives would say that they want their wife to be more like the mistress, it is theron that wants to be like celia. ... celia says goodbye to theron, but it it the combination of the rejection by celia, father Forbes, and dr. ledsmar that kills theron’s dreams. ... It is theron’s simplistic thought that brings out this fact most clearly to us.
Approximate Word count = 2021
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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