Analyse the relationship between the mother and her son in The Sons Es

Analyse the relationship amidst the mother and her son in The Sons prohibit by Thomas Hardy showing how their behaviour and attitudes wereaffected by society.The Sons Veto is a short story that focuses on a woman, Sophy, whois torn between two conflicting social fleshes. Sophy is an uneducatedparlour maid who marries a man above her class to secure her future.The son that is the outcome of the marriage is self-important and selfcentred. He acts as thought he is superior to his mother because ofhis higher education and who he socialises with.The relationship between Sophy and her son, Randolph, is poor becausethey grew up in different classes. The thing that held theirrelationship together was the father and husband. When he dies it isas though the mother and son have nonhing in common anymore. kindattitudes have affected heir relationship because the mother cannot beaccepted into the sons class and the son will not be accepted intothe mother class because it will ruin his reputat ion.At the beginning of the story, Hardy shows the social detachmentbetween Spohy and her son through the language he uses, Has, dearmother - not have, exclaimed the public schoolboy. Hardy uses veryimpersonal phrases to describe how Sophy is being case-hardened as if she isan object, She was conducted out of the gardens and passed along thepavements.There is an expectation of how Sophy would be treated as a disabledwoman. She noticed how people were interested in her but she did notmind, did not mind gratifying their curiosity. Sophy is seen as the business of the male and not as an individual. This means society treatsher differently because of this as well as being disabled.When Sophy is the par... ...son. It is Randolphs insecurities and shame over his mother thatleads him to control her life. In this way, as long as he is there tosupervise her actions, he can take those extra precautions to preventany social embarrassment that whitethorn be inflicted upon him by his mother.So phy does not necessarily recognize this fact, but is only willing toput his needs and wants before her own. She also feels a sense of professionand obligation towards Randolph and therefore accepts what he says asbeing final. Ultimately, Sophy believes it is his happiness she needsto ensure and secure, not her own. This, sadly, is how she leads herlife.Hardy analyses the flaws existing in society today and gives afantastic example in showing how the standards set up by the public,as well as the selfishness that prevails among the citizens insociety, destroyed Sophys life.