Literary+Movement

=**__Realism__**= Far From the Madding Crowd focuses on the differences in social classes. Even though it seems that Bathsheba may love Gabriel from the start, she cannot marry him because of her inheriting her uncle's farm. It would not have been proper for her to marry someone so far beneath herself. She does however marry him at the end of the novel when he has moved up on the social status from shepherd to farm manager. The entire novel is based around the work and everyday day happenings of the farm, which also shows that the novel is depicting a middle class society.
 * Subject Matter-**

The setting in Far From the Madding Crowd is one of rural England. A common scene is that of the farm and the house. It is very simple and aids in the descriptions of the characters lives.
 * Setting-**

Thomas Hardy mostly used dialogue in Far From the Madding Crowd. It helps you as a reader easily understand the point he is trying to make. He does not use a lot of fancy un-needed words.His style is very minimalistic and easy to understand.
 * Style-**

Although some of the tragedies that occur in the novel are a little extreme, the plot overall is very believable. The everyday things that are depicted and the fact that the story is based on the middle-class makes the story life like.
 * Plot-**

Thomas Hardy is almost non-existant in this novel. You really can't tell what his opinions are of the characters. He lets you form your own opinions of the characters. While he does give you information on them like for example; the first time we meet Bathsheba, she is staring at herself in a mirror and arguing over paying a toll fee. Hardy does give you even more information to make that information seem insignificant.
 * Author-**

The only character that we know pretty much everything about in the beginning is Gabriel. The rest of the characters take time and develope throughout the rest of the novel. Every chapter you find out something new about a character. Like for instance, we did not find out Bathshebas name until chapter 4.
 * Character-**

Hardy really does a great job of not making his presence throughout the novel known. He has made it so that you really feel in the middle of everythign that is going on. It seems like everything is really happening. He completely removes himself from the experience so that the reader will get the experience of having the characters come to life for them.
 * Tone-**