Ghost And Seven Brothers Essay

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Despite the differences in plot structure between both Seven Brothers and Ghosts, we are portrayed with a few striking similarities between the social classes of the characters in both pieces of literature. In particular, the characters show a similar ‘restlessness’ amongst the social structure in which they stand. Furthermore, these characters seek to be in a class other than their own as the lower class tend to admire the upper class, while the upper class tend to admire the classes below them. Regardless, it’s clear that both of these plots provide a clear definition of “restlessness” amongst social class structure. In Seven Brothers, social status amongst the Jukola brothers is nearly absent. The brothers choose not to join a social class because they would rather be ostracized and separated from civilization. Hence, this is one of the reasons they choose to abandon their normal lives and escape from the societal norm. Once they escaped their family farm and fled to the wilderness, they no longer belonged to their previous society, so they decided to form their own community with individualized values. Overtime, the brothers bonded together like …show more content…
Seven Brothers, by Aleksis Kivi, is very much a novel about life in the lower class and creating a barrier between social class division, especially by language, which reflected Kivi’s life journey. Devoting his time to learning to read and write, Kivi worked his way out of the lower social hierarchy he was in. On the other hand, Ibsen, author of Ghosts, was born into a wealthy family. However, when his father’s business started suffering and going downhill, he and his family were forced to live in the lower class. Both author’s personal stories resulted in the same restlessness as evident by the Jukola brothers and the characters in

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