In what sense is “Sons and Lovers” a novel about class

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In what sense is Sons and Lovers a novel about class NU D H Lawrence s Sons and Lovers is a story of a miner s family It shows life love and struggle in a working-class home The novel also contrasts the middle class and the working class Class difference shapes characters lives Working-Class Life of Walter Morel Walter Morel is a coal miner He spends his days in the pit and nights in the pub a bar He loves drinking and games The narrator says He was a master of skittles and of dominoes His simple habits show working-class culture His rough manners create quarrels with Gertrude Lawrence paints poverty hard work and lack of education as marks of working-class life Middle-Class Taste of Gertrude Morel Gertrude comes from a middle-class home She loves books religion and refinement She feels cheated when she sees her husband s rough habits

The narrator says Each forgot everything save the hatred of the other She turns her love to her sons She wants them to rise above the pit life She wants culture and dignity This clash of taste creates class conflict inside the marriage Paul s Class Struggle Paul inherits his father s working-class roots He also inherits his mother s middle-class desire He works in a factory but also paints pictures He loves Miriam for her spiritual side but she is poor He loves Clara for passion but she is separated from her husband His loves fail He cannot fully cross class lines He is torn between two worlds Sons and Lovers is deeply about class Walter Morel stays in the working class Gertrude dreams of middle-class life Their children grow between the two Paul s struggle shows the pain of class division Lawrence shows how class shapes love marriage and identity

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