6/29/2023 0 Comments The life of tristram shandy![]() ![]() ![]() He knows so much that he doesn't see what's right in front of him. In Tristram's own words, he has an "acute and quick sensibility of nature, attended with a little soreness of temper tho' this never transported him to any thing which looked like malignancy:-yet in the little rubs and vexations of life, 'twas apt to shew itself in a drollish and witty kind of peevishness:-He was, however, frank and generous in his nature -at all times open to conviction" (12.10)īut he's also dafter than the Mad Hatter. Here's what we know about him: he's well-read, he's got a temper, he's a little full of himself, he loves philosophical argumentation, he's generous and honest, and he's willing to change his mind. Tristram spends a lot of time and ink detailing his father's character. Walter Shandy is Tristram's dad, and, more than anyone except Toby, Walter Shandy gets Tristram's attention. ![]()
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