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Miriam Leivers is a pure, romantic and shy religious girl who lives at Willey Willey Farm, somewhere near the Morels. She met Paul during his visits at h house, and became his first love. Her best friend was her mother. oth of them had big brown eyes and were inclined to mysticism, !eeping their religion li!e a treasure in their hear Her life was dedicated to "esus and #od, united in one huge creature that she loved with a vibrant passion. She hated her state at that farm, because she wanted to learn to be respe and to be someone who is !nown for her ac$uaintance. %t first, she acted cold towards him. She thought that she was a metamorphosed princess and she was afraid that this boy, who loo!ed li!e a h from Walter Walter Scott&s novels, might not discover the princess inside her. 'hat 'hat w the reason to !eep the distance between them. ut despite that fear, she eventually falls hard for him. However, their relationship ta!es ( years to move beyond the Platonic into the romantic. She loves Paul deeply, de eply, but he never wants to marry her and )belong) to her, in his words. *ather, he sees her more as a sacrificial, spiritu soul mate and less as a sensual, romantic lover. Mrs. Morel, who feels threatened by Miriam+s intellectuality, always reinforces his disdain for Miria %fter their romantic union, Paul leaves her, because of his feelings for lara -awes. -espite that, Miriam !new that Paul belongs to her. She even waited for him when he was in a relationship with her friend, lara, because she was confident in the fact that Paul Pa ul will eventually return to her. Her premonition was right, because Paul wanted bac!, Sign up her to vote on thisafter title his mom died from illness. ut she reected him, being disgusted theuseful person he Useful by Not became. /n my point of view, Miriam was totally innocent in that poisoned
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For this section / chose three fragments, because / can recogni0e myse them. 'hey are suited for my emotional state and perfect for my soul. 'hro them, / can view myself two and half years ago, when my mom died f cancer. / can honestly tell you that / chose this boo! without !nowing the plo any other detail. /t ust happened. ut this did not surprised me at all, becau !new somehow this is not ust a coincidence. When / read the first fragment, / reali0ed that this is the perfect boo! for / was e1tremely e1cited, because #ertrude Morel, mother of four children, in the same situation as my mother. 'hey both were unhappy with marriage, due to the fact that their husbands were some notorious alcoholics above all, they died because of a tumor. How can that be ust a coincidence2 Fortunately, my mother and Mrs. Morel were very powerful and women, who were able to resist in any situation. / consider them some an sent to 3arth by #od, with a sacred mission4 to spread their love and affectio You're Reading a Preview their children. %nd they proved that they were suitable for #od&s mission. / access with a free trial.the same as Paul&s with M that because my relationship Unlock with full my mother was Morel. Download With Free Trial /n these fragments, the writer evo!es Paul Morel&s feelings when mother died from an illness. When / was reading them, / could feel ev emotion that Paul was facing in those horrible moments. 3very inch of my b was shivering, because / could perfectly understood him. How lonely destroyed he has felt and how he was unable to raise his head5 / felt it, ri through my spine. / am full of emotions about these fragments, but / am sure / will Signthe up tofreedom vote on thisto titleread them able to describe them all. /f it is alright, / give you Useful Not useful find out how / was feeling in those moments. / put my soul in this boo! an than! you for reading this.
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/n the rolling hills of central 3ngland, !nown as the ritish Midlands, the Morels, a poor family. 'he family has ust moved down in the world from the nearby village of estwood to the ottoms, a comple1 of wor!ing6class r houses. #ertrude Morel is a small woman, pregnant with her third child, Paul, t protagonist of this novel. 'he Morels+ other children are William and %nnie. unli!e his siblings, Paul is not wanted by his mother. 'he poverty6stric!en household cannot easily handle another hungry mouth to feed. Walter Morel, Paul+s father, is a hard6wor!ing coal miner with a lively spirit and a severe drin!ing problem. When Paul is born, Mrs. Morel is determined to ma!e him feel loved, to compensate for his unwanted conception. Paul is an oversensitive child, who seems to be living proof of the shattered love of his parents. William, the eldest son, is the Reading favoritea of the family. He+s a great athlete You're Preview student, wor!er, and companion. He lands a good ob in London and gets cau Unlock full access with a free trial. up in the e1citing urban life. He becomes engaged to Louisa Lily -enys We 7)#yp)8, a young woman who is beautiful but not bright. Download With Free Trial Meanwhile, Paul gets an office ob at "ordan+s artificial limb factory in 9ottingham. 'he shop girls, particularly Fanny, adore this shy, sweet boy wh offers them encouragement and !indness. He has also become serious about landscape painting. :n a holiday visit to the farm of family friends, Paul meets his first sweetheart, Miriam Leivers. %t first, Miriam means far less to Paul than do other members of the Leivers family, whom he visits fre$uently. Sign up to vote on this title /n the city, William wor!s endlessly to support his fiancee+s e1travagan Useful Not useful pleasures. He resents #yp+s superficiality and stupidity but is se1ually attract to her. She satisfies his passion, without loosening his mother+s hold on his he
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opening up a new, e1citing world. Miriam appeals to Paul+s own growing mysticism and creativity and loves nurturing Paul+s artistic growth. 'hey e1perience an intense relationship but don+t !now how to e1press it physicall %s Paul grows into manhood, Mrs. Morelis ealous of Miriam+s influenc over Paul. She fears Miriam will suc! the life and energy out of him with her dreamy mysticism. Paul, in turn, becomes frustrated by Miriam+s ;otherworldliness<. He eventually reali0es he wants to have a se1ual relation with her, but can+t get up the courage to ma!e a pass at her. He !nows how m she fears human contact. onfused and frustrated, Paul starts to hate Miriam treat her cruelly. %t the Leivers farm, Paul meets lara -awes, a political and social activist who has left her unfaithful husband. %s the relationship between Mir and Paul becomes more hopeless, his affinity for the older lara develops. suggests to Paul that Miriam might actually want him as a man and helps him find the courage to approach Miriam as a lover. Finally Paul and Miriam were united as one. 'he act dissatisfies both o them. Miriam acts as if ma!ing love is a sacrifice she endures for Paul+s bene only. Paul cannot stand feeling that his wanting Miriam as a woman hurts her You're Reading a Preview He finally follows his mother+s advice and ends his affair with Miriam. /n ho Unlock full access with a free trial.he turns to lara. of finding an outlet for his intense se1ual passions, Paul and lara have an affair. She satisfies his sensuality without With lara, Free Trial brea!ing his attachment to hisDownload mother. ut li!e Miriam, wants to ma!e their relationship permanent, or at least stable. 'his is impossible because of Paul+s devotion to Mrs. Morel. He became friend with lara+s husband, a1ter. While a1ter is in the hospital, Paul visits him, then helps place the bro!en man in a convalescent home. Meanwhile, Paul+s mother is dying of stomach cancer. 9either Paul nor his sister %nnie can bear to see their mother in pain. upsuffering. to vote on this%fter title his finally gives her an overdose of morphine to endSign her Not useful Useful mother+s death, Paul feels that life isn+t worth living. His relationship with l has disintegrated, and he decides to renounce her. lara, believing she will ne get close to Paul, goes bac! to a1ter.
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