The thing that characterizes Gabriel Oak most consistently in this book is the quiet, dignified way he goes about his life, no matter how many terrible things happen to him. This calmness allows Gabriel to quietly appreciate a lot of things in life that other characters don't. For example, "Being a man not without frequent consciousness that there was some charm in this life he led, he stood still after looking at the sky as a useful instrument, and regarded it in an appreciative spirit, as a work of art superlatively beautiful" (2.19). He may just be a farmer and shepherd, but Oak still appreciates the fact that his work keeps him in contact with nature, and he finds peace in this.
Even when Gabriel's sheep fall off a cliff and lead him into total bankruptcy, the guy doesn't go nuts and start cursing God. Instead, we find out that "there was left to him a dignified calm he had never before known and that indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man is the basis of his sublimity when it does not" (6.5). The narrator tells us that most people would be turned into villains by Oak's bad luck, but not Oak. He just draws strength (oak-like strength) from his experiences and keeps pushing onward.
The thing that characterizes Gabriel Oak most consistently in this book is the quiet, dignified way he goes about his life, no matter how many terrible things happen to him. This calmness allows Gabriel to quietly appreciate a lot of things in life that other characters don't. For example, "Being a man not without frequent consciousness that there was some charm in this life he led, he stood still after looking at the sky as a useful instrument, and regarded it in an appreciative spirit, as a work of art superlatively beautiful" (2.19). He may just be a farmer and shepherd, but Oak still appreciates the fact that his work keeps him in contact with nature, and he finds peace in this.Even when Gabriel's sheep fall off a cliff and lead him into total bankruptcy, the guy doesn't go nuts and start cursing God. Instead, we find out that "there was left to him a dignified calm he had never before known and that indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man is the basis of his sublimity when it does not" (6.5). The narrator tells us that most people would be turned into villains by Oak's bad luck, but not Oak. He just draws strength (oak-like strength) from his experiences and keeps pushing onward.
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