Tom Jones - Structure
English Literature I
8 December 2003
The formal well-organized structure of The History of Tom Jones contributes greatly to the intricate plot inside, and the novel as an overall piece of work. Henry Fielding contrived the blueprint of the book in its many clearly separated segments extremely well, making it equally as important as the plot. Tom Jones is deliberately and clearly divided into its separate parts. Through these parts he is capable of paralleling two types of stories in one single novel, along with bringing forth symmetries and balances in the division, and in the setting and plot.
Broken down, Tom Jones consists of 18 books each introduced with an opening essay. This 18 book format imitates the standard form of an epic.
"Its 18 books-the total number alludes to the number of books in
a moralized continuation of Homer's Odyssey, and thus marks Fielding's novel, too, as a journey novel in the Odysseyan tradition-are arranged in a system of complex symmetries in......
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