The Clifford s Transformation Is Merely Mammon Of...

ENG220 Essay 2 Zhaohui Guo 11/01/15 The Clifford’s transformation is merely â€Å"Mammon of mechanized greed† In Lady Chatterley’s lover, one of interesting topics is how to evaluate the transformations of protagonists including Clifford and Connie. Is the transformation of Clifford merely personal change of interesting from writing to business engagement? And should this change be acclaimed since it is chase of freedom in some perspective? Or the transformation essentially reflects â€Å"the Mammon of mechanized greed†? I personally believe that Lawrence criticizes the industrialization as dehumanizing force in this novel via all the symbolic characters and plots including the transformation of Clifford. Without careful scrutiny, it is easy to†¦show more content†¦This fact could be demonstrated by his attitude towards nature. Actually in this novel, Lawrence depicts the nature, as contrast to industrial society, to be a place full of warmth, light and life and a place where man will revere and delight. The real metonymy for Nature in this novel is the wood. Lawrence expresses his eulogy and praise for the wood without any hide. â€Å"How still everything was! The fine rain blew very softly, filmily, but the wind made no noise. Nothing made any sound. The trees stood like powerful beings, dim, twilit, silent and alive. How alive everything was!†(P.129). However, Clifford shows little interest of beauty of the woods. It is understandable that his paralysis from war has disaffected him from flesh and blood of life and the hell of his â€Å"half-life† has made him insensitive to all the vitality from the wood. Yet the internal force of his indifference with life-f orce is his greed for fame and financial success. He deems the natural property including the woods merely the evidence of his upper class. Therefore, it is clear that real driving force for his feeling of being a man again is his mechanized greed. Thus, the change of interest from writing to business and his confidence rebuilding is substantially the side-product of his financial greed. Furthermore, his attitude toward his colliers reveals that the