The Moonstone Dra Jennings Essay
First impressions often predetermine your judgment of a person, without actually knowing the person at all. Such is the case with Ezra Jennings in the novel, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Ezra Jennings is a good person but he is looked down upon by Victorian society because of his appearance and his background. Even with society frowning down upon him, and although he does not have the life that he wants, Ezra Jennings proves to be a gentleman who truly values love and friendship.
Ezra Jennings is described to have a contradicting appearance, as Franklin Blake describes when he sees Ezra for the first time (Collins, 330). He is described as a person who has the physique and movement of a young man, but has the face of an elderly man. Blake even goes as far to say that he looks to be the elder when compared to Gabriel Betteredge (Collins, 330). It is then realized later on in the novel, that Jennings is only forty years of age. Jennings says that his elderly face was caused by years of misery in which he had to endure (Collins, 387). The physical appearance is very interesting because it shows a man who is not old, but goes through …show more content…
He knows how it feels to lose the one who you love more than anyone in the world, and he doesn’t want anyone else to experience that. When Blake asks him for his help, although Jennings is genuinely sorry, he felt that he couldn’t have been of any assistance to him, but when Blake told him that he is not after the stone, but rather to reunite with his lover, Jennings immediately decides to help Blake in every way he thought was possible (Collins, 385). The prospect of reuniting two lovers who were separated because of theft of the Moonstone, gives him happiness and meaning to his life. He feels that doing this for Blake will be his last good act before he passes, and it does, in fact, end up being his final act of
Ezra Jennings is described to have a contradicting appearance, as Franklin Blake describes when he sees Ezra for the first time (Collins, 330). He is described as a person who has the physique and movement of a young man, but has the face of an elderly man. Blake even goes as far to say that he looks to be the elder when compared to Gabriel Betteredge (Collins, 330). It is then realized later on in the novel, that Jennings is only forty years of age. Jennings says that his elderly face was caused by years of misery in which he had to endure (Collins, 387). The physical appearance is very interesting because it shows a man who is not old, but goes through …show more content…
He knows how it feels to lose the one who you love more than anyone in the world, and he doesn’t want anyone else to experience that. When Blake asks him for his help, although Jennings is genuinely sorry, he felt that he couldn’t have been of any assistance to him, but when Blake told him that he is not after the stone, but rather to reunite with his lover, Jennings immediately decides to help Blake in every way he thought was possible (Collins, 385). The prospect of reuniting two lovers who were separated because of theft of the Moonstone, gives him happiness and meaning to his life. He feels that doing this for Blake will be his last good act before he passes, and it does, in fact, end up being his final act of