Thomas Hardy as a Writer

Hardy pays attention to detail in his dialogue because his characters are conveyed as truly being upset as opposed to giving a long narration of how distraught they feel. He also pays close attention to having a true conversastion between the characters where they stutter or say things they don't mean to, which creates realism in the novel. When he describes the nature scenes, he utilizes imagery that is that is loaded with symbolic meaning. The novel as a whole is a very visual novel. There are often long passages of just the narrator speaking with minimal narration such as Eustacia's introduction in book 1 chapter 7. Hardy utilizes detailed physical descriptions of how the characters look and what they are doing, which often leaves the reader having to infer emotional details. Hardy relies on imagery and symbolism to convey his points.