As a reader I found that the characters in The Collector contribute to my understanding of the text. In The Collector by John Fowles, the reader's engagement with Miranda and Clegg helps them to understand Fowles idea of a class dominated society, in England during the 1960's. The Collector is a novel that compares the upper middle-class, where Miranda is placed in the societal ladder, and lower working class such as Clegg. Miranda belongs to a class where she feels comfortable and trys not to be class predjucided. In contrast, Clegg who comes from a working class family, obviously looks down on his companions that belong to that same class as him. Eventhough he is of the same social stature, he believes that he is better than his peers. It is obvious that Clegg, is uncomfortable where he stands on the social ladder. The Collector is a novel that compares the upper middle-class, where Miranda is placed in the societal ladder, and lower working class such as Clegg.
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The Collector (1965 film)The setting of The Collector is important because we become associated with Clegg's character. Through the use of setting we see the character of Clegg as abnormal and we reject Clegg and everything he stands for. The Collector has several settings. The settings are centered around the house that Clegg bought in the South of Sussex. Within this area settings include the cellar or 'dungeon' and the outside world. Within the text, Clegg, who uses first person narration, refers to Miranda as an object, shut up in his perverted little world, where he is free. He shuts Miranda up in her dungeon, because she is better than him, though through class. He believes that he can proceed to her social stature if he were to captur and hold her prisioner. Although...