A Hand full of dust

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh displays many colliding beliefs through out this novel. The best example is how the characters Tony Last and Mrs. Beaver feel about the social class system of England, which mainly revolves around wealth. Tony Last is a character that has a significant amount of wealth, but does not allow for that to be all he is interested in. However, Mrs. Beaver is very consumed in the social class of England and the wealth that she can obtain. These two characters have very contradicting beliefs about how to live your life with wealth constantly surrounding them. Tony Last does not allow himself to get consumed in this huge art of the social system of England, but Mrs. Beaver does.
Tony Last is a character in this novel that truly cherishes traditions and not wealth. Tony exemplifies those small characteristics of himself so well through out the novel, first by where he lives. He lives in a castle, which holds much importance to him, because the castle repres...