LITERARY

READING
Reading Club
 GROUP 7

1. Lucky Puput Hidayah 2201419029

2. Safira Rohmaniyah 2201419030
3. Fara Hardina Ardiani 2201419031
4. Sabrina Ayu Wulandari 2201419032

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCUSSION OF THE

1. SUMMARY
Sumary of the novel. 3. ISSUES
The discussion of the issues in the
novel.

2. ISSUES
The issues that talking about in
the novel.
4.
CONCLUSION
Conclusion of the novel and the
issues that talked about in it.
 JUDE THE OBSCURE

Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas

Hardy, which began as a magazine
serial in December 1894 and was first
published in book form in 1895. It is
Hardy's last completed novel. Its
protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-
class young man, a stonemason, who
dreams of becoming a scholar.
 1 SUMMARY
Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster (the University of
Oxford). Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him,
Jude marries her, but is later deserted. He earns a living as a stonemason at Christminster; there he falls
in love with his independent-minded cousin, Sue Bridehead. Out of a sense of obligation, Sue marries
the schoolmaster Phillotson, who has helped her. Unable to bear living with Phillotson, she returns to
live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of
society’s disapproval begin to take a toll on Sue and Jude; the climax occurs when Jude’s son by
Arabella hangs Sue and Jude’s children and himself. In penance, Sue returns to Phillotson and the
church. Jude returns to Arabella and eventually dies miserably.
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ISSUES
 Issues in Jude The Obsecure
1 5
3
Jude was working so hard on his
study in order to get the In the end, Arabella choose
Arabella’s son with Jude caught
scholarship to enter the divinity another man rather than
up hanging himself and two of taking care of Jude that was
school at Christminster (the
Sue and Jude’s children. sick at that time.
University of Oxford).

Jude got tricked by Arabella and Sue coming back to Phillotson’s

ended up married her. Sadly, things because she realized that living up
did not go well because Arabella
with Jude is way more suffering.
keep demanding her husband, Jude.

2 4
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DISCUSSION OF THE
ISSUES
 The first issue talking about Jude’s struggle on his study so that he
can get the scholarship to Christminster. Its because he came from
1 the poor family that lives in the village which means he must get
the scholarship to facilitate his study in Christminster.

It implies that he can’t even afford the fee of his study because of
his economic situation, so he chose to study hard for his dream
DISCU scholarship.
SS-ION
OF THE Jude get tricked on Arabella’s plan about married her because
ISSUE Arabella said that she has Jude’s baby. It was Arabella’s plan to fool
Jude and get married by him. Things did not go well when they
S already married. Arabella realized that Jude was a poor man, not his
ideal type of man. That is why she dumped Jude and choose to
looking for another man to marry.

2 From this part, we can see that Arabella was a gold digger. She
justified man by his wealth. And Jude got dumped because he’s just
a poor villager.
 CONTINUATION
3. The deaths of Jude’s children. His son with Arabella choose to suicide himself and his
siblings (Jude’s kids with Sue) because he thinks that if his parents have fewer children
then they can take care of them well. He always felt that his existement is a burden for
his parents so he choose to hang himself together with his two step-siblings.

We can see that Jude’s son knew that his parents have can’t live well because of his
presence as their son that automatically make them working harder to fulfill their son
needs. It getting worse when he suddenly has two step-siblings coming to his life. Jude’s
son can see that there’s no future for him and his two siblings, that is why they did
suicidal act and end up their lives. It is a sad reality when the children realized that they
had no future because they are in the low class of economy and society life. Also the fact
that his siblings are came from the forbidden relationship (Sue and Jude is cousin by
blood line) that made them get more judgment from society.
 CONTINUATION 2.0
4. When Sue coming back to her official husband,
she does realize that living up with Jude was a
troublesome life. She never felt safe and sound.
She had to sell cakes and cookies to make a living
with him. Also the promise that Jude made about
having married her was never been kept. They had
to sneaking up everytime because they don’t have
a house yet.
Sue choose to get back to her husband even
though her marriage was an arranged marriage.
Besides to make up for her guilt about her
children's death, she knows that live with Phillotson
is way more comfortable because he's an occupied
man.
5. Arabella choose another man she would
like to live after Jude died miserably. After all
the time she live with Jude and had to took
care of him because of his illness, Arabella
gave up. She’s tired of waiting to get re-
married with Jude, as he promised. At the
end of the day, Arabella still a gold digger.
Jude died miserably without anyone beside
him. Sue doesn't even know about Jude's
death and Arabella pretend that Jude passed
away because of his own illness, not
because she left him and went to the festival
with another man.
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CONCLUSIO
N
● The conclusion of the story:
At the end of the day, Jude is keep ended up being alone because of his economic
condition. He couldn’t be able to keep anyone beside him. They dumped him after they
live for a miserable life with Jude. Sue got back to her official and occupied husband
and Sue choose to life with another man, while Jude died pathetically and no one care
about his struggle.

● Conclusion from the issues:

Somehow deals with poverty is a hard times for anyone who live it. They had to make a
living for their live and against the society who always underestimate their existence
just because they are poor.
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTION OR
DISCUSSION
THANK
S!
Sincerely, Group 7

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