and events ofthe novel. 3.Characters Adam Bede is described as a tall.stalwart,moral.and unusually competent carpenter.He is 26 years old at the beginningof the novel,and bears an"express ion of 5 large-hearted intelligence." 4.MajorThemes While Adam Bede centers around the title character's progress from a calloused sense ofmoral superiority to a state of sympathy and understanding for others,there are several other significant themes.Adam Bede is widely recognized as a pastoral novel dealing with rural country people Attention to the everyday details ofbutter-making, berry-picking,and cattle-herding,far away from the political and economic changes ofan industrialized society,lend the story a sense of innocence and peacefulness.However,as England crossed from the eighteenth to nineteenthcentury,the pastoral peace enveloping the Loamshire countryside is (100 disrupted by Hetty and Arthur's affair.The pastoral setting underscores the transition of English society from relativeand events of the novel. 3. Characters Adam Bede is described as a tall, stalwart, moral, and unusually competent carpenter. He is 26 years old at the beginning of the novel, and bears an "expression of large-hearted intelligence." 4. Major Themes While Adam Bede centers around the title character's progress from a calloused sense of moral superiority to a state of sympathy and understanding for others, there are several other significant themes. Adam Bede is widely recognized as a pastoral novel dealing with rural farm life and country people. Attention to the everyday details of butter-making, berry-picking, and cattle-herding, far away from the political and economic changes of an industrialized society, lend the story a sense of innocence and peacefulness. However, as England crossed from the eighteenth to nineteenth century, the pastoral peace enveloping the Loamshire countryside is disrupted by Hetty and Arthur's affair. The pastoral setting underscores the transition of English society from relative 5’ (100’)