His mother further objects to his desire to marry Eustacia, whom she considers an idle young woman. Eustacia can't understand why a man who has lived in Paris, the center, to her, of all that is desirable, should choose to return to Egdon. Both the heath folk and his mother are doubtful of his plan to be a "schoolmaster to the poor and ignorant" they view it as impractical as well as less desirable than his commercial career in Paris. It might even be said that he anticipates a kind of martyr's role. In short, Hardy's protagonist is a character who, though still admired locally, is bound to be misunderstood when he chooses to forgo conventional ideas of vocation and success. He then gives up worldly success for what he thinks of as a more important calling on his native ground. Point of View of The Return of the NativeĬlym, the native who returns to his birthplace on Egdon Heath, is an instance of a precocious, highly regarded child and boy who, when a man, leaves his provincial background to make his way in the world.
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