I think when it comes to Love a person has no idea what they are doing. It is a feeling that is unexplainable and unavoidable. You don’t realize what is going on and you find yourself doing things tat otherwise wouldn’t dream of doing. I guess this novel showed me just that. Tom Jones was in Love with Sophia right from the start but he chose to ruin what he has by sleeping with others and by doing things that would cause him to lose Sophia. I guess that is one thing that many of us do. I find myself thinking that Tom did that just to because he is so immature about it or doesn’t really realize how much he really loves her. It also comes down to the fact that Tom is a ladies man and it amazes me to see that he actually really loves Sophia and is devoting himself to her. I guess there is that one person who changes your mind about what you feel in a certain area. I personally think about marriage that way. I never want to get married but I said to myself if I ever find a man who will change my mind about marriage than he is the right one for me until then well no marriage. I think that is what happened with Tom. Tom slept around with women and until Sophia he didn’t really know what it means to love someone. I think that Sophia should’ve never been with Tom Jones. Although I am a sucker for happy endings I really hate the fact that she marries him in the end. He clearly is a typical guy who claims he loves her but is sleeping with others. If you really love someone you want to be with them not with others. I guess I would have to say this, “A man wrote this novel.” I expect nothing less.
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I agree that there is an ambivalence in T.J.'s affection for sophia. It seems just a product of the time, rather than a true sentiment that is believably coming for T.J.'s "natural" character. And I really appreciate that someone else was quite sick of reading eighteenth century novels written by men and having to attribute some of the events in the novel to that, in and of itself.
I agree with you on this because why would you want to be with someone who has left you for other women. Everyone has a soul mate and you may think you found him but on the other hand you may have not. I belive that Tom is a ladies man and is too imature to have an adult realtionship let alone marry someone. I don't agree with you when you say Tom devotes himself to Sophia because he doesnt he sleeps with every girl he becomes in contact with.
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