Social mobility is important to Tono-Bungay because George Ponderevo is in love with Beatrice who at an early age is way above him in social class and without social mobility George will never be able to marry her. If George was unwilling to sacrifice his beliefs could he have ever advanced through the tiers of social hierarchy? If George had never taken part in the sham of Tono-Bungay would he have made it out of the social class he was born into? Without knowledge and sacrifice can one attain a higher social status?
The first passage I have chosen to support this thesis comes from page 36. Throughout the passage George is talking about how he loves Beatrice like adults love each other. Then Beatrice tells George that he cannot be a servant …show more content…
George as a young lad accepted the basic beliefs of the English society as a whole. Then after falling for young Beatrice, Archie explained to him that he would never be good enough for Beatrice causing much pain and suffering. Whilst still young George would never have thought of himself moving well beyond his social class into a position, such as Sir Lichtenstein, to acquire lordship. Young George continues to change as he falls into love with Marion, as she puts a price on their marriage, George will do anything he needs to in order to attain it. George soon is approached with an offer from his uncle Edward to join him in the business of Tono-Bungay, the biggest sham there was. Every bottle of Tono-Bungay did nothing productive for the consumer and caused many side effects including addiction and death. Death was not a side effect per say but the more you took of Tono-Bungay the more damage it did to your system and eventually lead to death. This is evidenced later in the novel by the death of Uncle Edward himself when caught ill and became addicted to Tono-Bungay yet it did nothing to save him from the ravages of disease. After George agreed to work for his Uncle Edward only then did he make enough money to marry Marion. George continues to change throughout this novel, after he marries Marion and makes the 500 pounds per year he begins his journey up into higher tiers of the social hierarchy. After some time, George and Marion became divorced because he was having an affair with
The first passage I have chosen to support this thesis comes from page 36. Throughout the passage George is talking about how he loves Beatrice like adults love each other. Then Beatrice tells George that he cannot be a servant …show more content…
George as a young lad accepted the basic beliefs of the English society as a whole. Then after falling for young Beatrice, Archie explained to him that he would never be good enough for Beatrice causing much pain and suffering. Whilst still young George would never have thought of himself moving well beyond his social class into a position, such as Sir Lichtenstein, to acquire lordship. Young George continues to change as he falls into love with Marion, as she puts a price on their marriage, George will do anything he needs to in order to attain it. George soon is approached with an offer from his uncle Edward to join him in the business of Tono-Bungay, the biggest sham there was. Every bottle of Tono-Bungay did nothing productive for the consumer and caused many side effects including addiction and death. Death was not a side effect per say but the more you took of Tono-Bungay the more damage it did to your system and eventually lead to death. This is evidenced later in the novel by the death of Uncle Edward himself when caught ill and became addicted to Tono-Bungay yet it did nothing to save him from the ravages of disease. After George agreed to work for his Uncle Edward only then did he make enough money to marry Marion. George continues to change throughout this novel, after he marries Marion and makes the 500 pounds per year he begins his journey up into higher tiers of the social hierarchy. After some time, George and Marion became divorced because he was having an affair with