VanityFairHippolyteAdolpheTainesaid,”NowriterwasbettergiftedthanThackerayforthiskindofsatirebecausenofacultyismorepropertosatirethanreflection.”FromthiscommentwecanclearlyseethatWilliamMakepeaceThackeray,thewriterofVanityFair,hasaveryhighevaluationinliterarycircles.It’sthereasonwhyIchoosetoreadthisbook.Bytheway,IhavetosayVanityFairissogoodatitlethatwecanseethroughthehypocrisyofthishumansociety.VanityFairistalkingaboutthatthedaughterofpoorpainter,RebeccaSharp,havebeenlostparents,butbrilliant.Aftergraduatingfromboardingschoolintheformofwork-studyprogram,Rebeccastartedbyanunknownfamilyteacher,firmlyseizeeveryopportunitytoblendintheVictoriansociety.Andshebecomesacourtesanatlast.Theheroineofthisnovel,RebeccaSharp,sheleftadeepimpressiononme.Shesaid,IthinkIcouldbeagoodwomanifIhadfivethousandayear.HoweverIwanttosaythat,Rebeccaisbetterthanalotofmenevenifshedoesn’thavefivethousand.ThereasonwhyIsaythatareasfollows.Firstofall,Rebeccawasbornpoor,butshewasdeterminedtogetridofpoverty.Thisisaveryinspiringthing.Afterthat,sheisnotavaseandsmartthananyoneintheCowleys.Asadecliningaristocracygoverness,shehasnotbeendeterredbythedifficultlivingenvironment,andshehaslesscomplaint.Onthecontrary,sheworksdiligentlytoteachthestudentswell.Atthesametime,sheseizesateveryopportunity,escapestheenvironmentsheloathed.VanityFairisavanityworldwhichfilledwithdusteverywhere.Itblindstheeyesofpeople,fixedinthemind,andneverdropsout.Asaresult,PeoplearealwayspreferredtolookforabeautifulandcolorfulsituationtoshowoffintheVanityFair.TheyallcometotheVanityFairfirmlyatlastandneverlookback.Peoplecarryonallthestrengthtothebestsocietydesperately,whileabandonedthefriendshipandtruelove.Moneyandpowerbecametheironlygoal.However,thereisfactweshouldrealizethatmoneyandpowerislimitedwhilepeople'sdesireisinfinite.WehavetoadmitthatVanityFairisarealisticstorybecausenoonecangetridoffameandfortune.Everyoneiseagertomoneyandstatus.Onceyouhaveoneofthem,otherswillregardyouwithspecialrespectornewviews.Tosomeextent,weshouldalsoseethenoveltoconveysomeofthepositivefactorstous.Forexample,wecanlearnfromRebeccathatpeopleshouldbraveenoughtopursueloveandchallengethedestinies.WecanalsolearnfromAmelia.Sheisloyaltytoloveandkindtothesocietyandpeople.Tosumup,VanityFairisworthreading.Youmayfeelregretifyoumissthisbook.