Josiah Bont

JOSIAH BONT by Jeremy Anderson

Josiah Bont, in the novel Year of Wonders is a difficult character that has a huge negative influence on his family and the people that come in contact with him throughout his village. Josiahs love and respect for his family was diminutive for the majority of his existence in the novel, and his death suits that of a bully, who is violet to his family both physically and psychologically. His young lady Anna Frith sums up Josiah quite nicely My father loved a pot better then he loved his children.

Josiahs feeling towards Anna was a sense of un-accomplishment, but then opportunities for young, unlettered women in those beats were scarce. He would often physically abhorrence her, and put her down in front of others. Although thither was unity occasion were he somewhat out of character, valuated Anna of her persistence to lead and write by proclaiming to his fellow bellowers that he wished that he had the agency to have Anna schooled Anna to a faultk this as an easy boast but took the praise from her father as this was the first she had ever heard from him.

Josiahs attitude to religion was one of a non-believer and felt that it was a waste of time, and that the town held to much belief in the church.



Josiah do his feelings clear to his daughter, about spending too much time in the rectory with Michael Mompellion you tell him (Mompellion) you learned this day that theres more good in a barrel of ale than in the four Gospels. You tell him that malt does more to discharge Gods ways to a man than the account book! Aye, you tell him that. Anna then proceeded to talk back to Josiah which wasnt well(p) received by him at all he went on to say Dont think youre too good now, with all your fancy mutterings, just o energise that priest and his missus make much oye, This shows that he has little tolerance for religion and his daughters devotion to faith that negatively contributes to their relationship.

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