Jack Maggs - Jack Maggs & Tobia Oates comparison
Peter Carey's Jack Maggs is a story of intense drama and curiosity for the reader. It is essentially the story of Jack Maggs and Tobias Oates. These two characters have a storyline that is interwoven with many connections between each other. Jack Maggs is a convict from New South Wales, who is returning to London, and risking his life in doing so if caught by the authorities. At the stage that we meet him in Peter Carey's novel he is at a crucial period in his life. Through the progression of Jack Maggs the reader learns of Maggs' past and of his reasons for coming back to London. Through thrilling story telling by Peter Carey, Jack Maggs is revealed at the start of the novel as being a character of intrigue with mysterious elements of his life in which only he knows about.Tobias Oates on the other hand is revealed at the start of the novel as being a character that is happy enough to attempt to play the stereotypical role of the 'English Gentleman'. He is unlike Jack Maggs in the fact the he is revealed to be happily surrounded by a family which loves him; and in which he loves back. It is displayed however that although Tobias Oates is attempting to paly the role of the rich and famous Englishman on the outside, he i
Unlike Tobias Oates, Jack Maggs does find love by the end of the novel. This is one reason why Jack was so unwillingly to let himself be subject to mesmerism until there was something in it for him. These two characters are both ashamed of their past and some of the things they have done. Through the course of three weeks both characters undergo a terrific shift in their lifestyles, with Tobias Oates losing everything that he valued in life, he does manage to become totally comfortable financially twenty years on when he releases his novel, The Death of Jack Maggs. Unknowingly to each other, both Tobias and his wife obtain tablets which will poison Lizzie's baby. Tobias Oates hides his secret affair with Lizzie from everyone, due to his great need to be loved by his wife. s struggling to play the 'bread giver' at home with very little funds being acquired through his profession of writing. Tobias manages to persuade him to undertake the procedure by promising that in exchange for his cooperation, he will help in the removal of mysterious 'phantoms' inside of him and also in the location of Henry Phipps (2001, p51). Jack Maggs appears to have no interest in love; however, after the progression of the story, it is apparent that he loves his adopted son, Henry Phipps. He has a loving wife a son and also a sister in law, Lizzie, which also 'loves' him in much the same way as his wife. To obtain the raw material he requires for his next novel, Tobias makes rather amateurish attempts to mesmerise (hypnotism) Jack Maggs. He finds this in Mercy Larkin, she like Jack and Sophina, is from an unloving family; her mother even goes so far as to prostitute her, ". Jack also has his secret that he is actually a criminal.
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