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MoonandsixpenceMoonandsixpenceisoneofthethreelongmasterpiecewrittenbyBritishnovelistWilliamSomersetMaughamin1919.MaughamisknownastheMaupassantofEngland.Hewrotealotofbooksandhadachievementsinadditiontothefieldsofpoetry.HewasoneofthemostpopularnovelistsinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethCentury.Hisworkshadaconsiderablenumberofreadersinalllevels.Inthisnovel,Maughamusedthefirstpersonnarrativetechnique,narratedthewholestory.Thisnovel,withavividplot,aprofoundwordsintheliterarysensation,peoplehadrushedtoseeaftertheadventofit.Theprotagonistisawriter,metStrickland’sfamilywhichlookedlikeveryhappy,butMr.Stricklandalwaysseemtolackvitality.Soonafter,heleftthefamilyandwenttoParistofindhisartfirmly.BeginingofthestoryTheprotagonistfoundMr.Strickland,triedtopersuadehimtochangemind,butMr.Stricklandrefusedhisoffer.Mr.Strickland'swifecouldn'tacceptthefactthatheleftintearsallday.ThenFiveyearslater,theprotagonistfoundthatMr.Stricklandstillimmersedinhisdreamswithnoregretsevenhehadlivedinextremelypoverty.Intheprocessofthepursuitofart,histalenthasgraduallybeenrecognized.Later,Stricklanddecidedtoabandonthecivilizedlife,hewenttotheoriginalisland-TahitiinwhichneartheSouthPacific.ProtagonistmetMr.Stricklandbychance,hefoundthatMr.Stricklandmarriedanativegirlandalraedyhadthreechildren,spentthreeyearsofhappiness.LaterFinally,Mr.Strickland'schildrendied,andhehadleprosy.Hefinishedaveryshockingpaintingonthewallwhenhewasblind.Hisnativewifeburiedhim,andaccordingtohiswishes,destroyedhisworks.Despiteprotagonistfeltregret,hestillunderstandMr.Strickland'spursuitandfromhispainting.EndInfluencesTherearemanyroleschoosetopickupsixpenceandalotofrolesstrugglingbetweenthemoonandsixpence,butthere'ssofewroleslikeStricklandthatMaughamportrayedinthebookwhohad100%ofthecouragetochoosedreamsandneverlookback.Alwaysrefertothesociety,thisisthemissionofthenovel.Istolookupatthemoon,orbowtopickupasixpence,thisisachoiceaboutdreamandreality.Thankyou