This document summarizes a student paper about the themes in Henry Fielding's novel "Tom Jones". It provides background on Fielding as an English novelist and dramatist. It then gives a brief introduction to "Tom Jones", describing the main character Tom as good-natured but not always careful in his actions. The story follows Tom's adventures around England and the comic scenes and happy ending. Finally, it discusses some of the themes in the novel, including social realism, politics, females, and style.

1. Paper-2
The Neo-Classical literature
 Name : Gujarati KrishnaV
 Std: M.A
 Roll No.: 20
 Topic Name:Themes In the novel
Tom Jones
 Submitted to: Department of
English
 M.K.B.U, Bhavnagar

2. Henry Fielding as an Author
 An English Novelist and Dramatist
 Born in England
 Wrote political plays and novels
 Tom Jones as his most famous work
 Know for his rich earthy humor and satirical
skill

3. Brief intro about the novel
“Tom Jones”

4.  Good nature but often not careful in his
action
 The story of the adventures of tom Jones
 Brought up by a rich landowner
 Travel around England and faced many
troubles
 comic scenes and happy ending

5. The Theme of social Realism
 Life style
 Robbers on high ways
 People living in London
 The role of Institutes
 Females
 Politics
 Society and Religion

6. The style
 The wealth and splendor of the English country
side
 The Habit of eating and drinking
 Good deal of vanity and affecting, malice and
intrigue, destroying it’s peace
 In contrast with London life, it’s better.

8. Politics
The situation of England is reflected
In bookVIITom gets attached to the soldiers.
In book XI, Sophia and Harriet are staying at
Inn, the landlord feels that they want to go
London as they want to escape from the
army.

9. Females
 The portrayal of an English woman is
presented here
 Woman’s chastity is the one of the
importance theme
 The movement to protect theWomen’s
status had already started.
 “if money is lost nothing is lost, if Health is
lost something is lost, but if character is lost
everything is lost”

10. Thank you