Francis Troy And Gabriel Oak Are Two

Very Different Characters Essay, Research Paper

Far From

the Madding Crowd Compare the

Characters Gabriel Oak and Francis TroyIn my essay I am going to compare Gabriel Oak and

Francis Troy.. I will consider their

relationships with Fanny and Bathsheba, and their skill as farmers. Francis Troy and Gabriel Oak

are two very different characters..

Francis Troy is outgoing, flirtatious and very handsome.. While Gabriel Oak is simple, shy and not

ugly, but pleasant looking. ..... I

prefer Gabriel to Troy because although Troy is dashing and charming, you can

tell that there is something odd about him..

Thomas Hardy says in the book, " And Troys deformities lay deep

down from a womans vision, whilst his embellishments were upon the very

surface; thus contrasting with homely Oak, whose defects were patent to the

blindest, and whose virtues were as metals in a mine.". He was very unfair to Fanny when she made

the mistake of going to the wrong church when they were due to get married.

When she apologised he did not care..

This was the girl he was going to marry and he left her, just because

she was half an hour late for the wedding..

That was a big mistake he made.. ...... Also,

when Fanny came to visit Troy at the barracks she hit the window hoping someone

would open it.. Someone opened the

window and said, Who’s there.". She

asked if it was Sergeant Troy who was there and he said, "Yes.". Troy said, "What girl are you,"

because of all the prostitutes that loiter around the barracks as they got a

great deal of attention he thought it was another prostitute wanting some quick

cash by having sexual intercourse with him, and he obviously had given them

some money before. Then Fanny said, "Yes, so am I.. And Frank, when will it be." ........... "What.". Then fanny said,................................................ ...................................................................................... ......

"That you promised.".

Troy went on to say,.......................................................................................................................

............................................................"I

don’t quite recollect.". He had

basically forgotten the promise that he made to Fanny when he last saw her.. That they would marry, some day.. He made it thinking that he would never see

her again because he got her pregnant and it was disgraceful if you were

pregnant and not married.....................................................................................................

He also treated Bathsheba very badly when he lost interest in her and

started to lose all her money on the races.................................................................................................................................................................................................

He was also very unkind to Farmer Boldwood.. Farmer Boldwood gave Troy money for the wedding when no one knew

that they were married already, Troy led him along being very nice to him then

saying, very abruptly, that he was already married to her.. This broke Farmer Boldwoods heart even

more.. He was using Bathsheba because

when Troy saw Fanny again he cared for her much more and wanted to help her but

didn’t want Bathsheba to know that he knew her so she told her to meet her the

next day and he never turned up.. Troy was

always drinking heavily and when he and Bathsheba had a celebration of their

wedding, at the end of the night he told all the women to go to bed while the

men stayed and drank themselves stupid..

While they were getting drunk there was a storm brewing and the ricks

were left uncovered so if it rained all the hay would have got wet and she

would of lost a lot of money.. Troy

didn’t even care about the storm because he was to drunk to even think, so it

was left to Gabriel to save the day, once again by covering the ricks with

tarpaulin.. You can tell how grateful

she was to Gabriel after the storm by her saying," Gabriel, you are kinder

than I deserve!. I will stay and help

you yet."..........................................................................

...................................................... ...... Troy

was in some ways a lovely man.. Every

year he would come to the farm and help with the harvest.. He was very charming, the woman always liked

him.. He was a great swordsman and he

lured Bathsheba in with his fancy sword work..

In the novel, Troy says to Bathsheba when showing off how skilled he was

with a sword, "They are rather deathy..

Now I’ll be more interesting, and let you see some loose play-giving all

the cuts and points, infantry and cavalry, quicker than lightning, and as

promiscuously – with just enough rule to relegate instinct and

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