"Jude the obscure" is a British writer Thomas. Hardy wrote a book, because "Jude the obscure" tells the story of a love story of cousins, so the author of this book has been public attacks.

The book is about a young man named Jude who is studious, ambitious and eager to go to college, but is shut out of college. And his beloved cousin looks smart, open mind, but she and Jude love is not worldly accepted, so she left Jude, and Jude were caused by the disease, early death.

Jude has always been a studious person, hoping to become a priest, so he worked very hard, but in his time, a dark time, everything is to serve the rich and powerful people, born poor cold, no money no forces Jude is destined to go to university, his family like an invisible wall to prevent him from entering the University gate. It was such a sad thing that a knowledgeable and talented man was buried. Some have questioned whether the college entrance examination should be cancelled because it puts too much pressure on students. But if there is no entrance, it will not appear more Jude, because of the existence of college entrance examination, many ordinary students can have their own future, is leading to the way of my dreams, there will not be such a tragedy of Jude.

While the heroine in the book Sook, began as a warm and cheerful person, disdain to abide by the tradition, bold and love Jude, it has been by the people, the old forces strong social pressure suffocatively in social forces of oppression, she became a traditional conservative man, she became numb, no longer enthusiastic, optimistic, a tragedy is caused by the old custom of the.

Just like in ancient China, the feudal forces also make women imprisoned in the traditional thought of the three obediences and the four virtues ", and poor, but never sway at the time it seems the etiquette is more important than life, Pu Songling wrote" Ning Ying "is like a lady, began to warm and cheerful, in the little finger, she also from a person not to stick at trifles into the rules, abide by the traditional people, these traditional old ideas that women suffer oppression, caused many tragedies.

This book fully questioned the dark social environment and the denial of traditional marriage.