English 2610

For me, the novel was a perfect counterpart to "Utopia." It showed why someone would want to have a Utopian society, and how the government of Moll's time in fact made theves and then punished them. Under these circumstances I believe it is possible for the novel to take a strong feminist reading as well as one on morality. The novel demonstrates that even the lowest people in a society have choices, but they usually have to choose the lesser of two evils. I like how the novel helps to break down the us verses them mentality that it is so easy to have when making judgments about other people. The novel shows that no person is a "bad person" without reason.