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On Conflicts Between Values and Reality of Strickland inThe Moon And Sixpence
ZHU Lin
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.03.003
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest English novelist and playwright at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. One of his most well-know work is his second novel The Moon And Sixpence. The paper mainly focuses on the analysis of conflicts the Strickland faced between spiritual pursuit and the realistic conditions. Through the analysis of conflicts of the leading characters, the following conclusions have been reached: In the journey to the moon, although Strickland abandoned the rich material life and his decent work, in the end, he still succeeded in realizing his ideal and endowed life with different colors.
The Moon And Sixpence, values and reality, the pursuit of life
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, March 2022, Vol. 12, No. 3, 229-232
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