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2. Inequality
Wilcox 1969 states that ―The extent of inequality has varied from place
to place and from time to time. In some cases, the disparity has been extreme: the rich living at the height of luxury, the poor enduring the deepest misery.
sometimes, the disparity has been moderate, with no one enjoying great luxury, and no one condemned to misery. But even then wealth may be distributed
unequally .‖ p. 7.
3. Insecurity
According to Wilcox 1969, ―Insecurity is a sense or feeling of insecurity
caused by specific economic reasons, such as because of the income of the family may be cut abruptly, reducing its ability to pay for shelter, food, and other needed
goods. They are even more insecure if their expenses are increasing at the same time
.‖ p. 40. In this thesis, the writer is going to use all of the three terms as follows;
poverty, which means there is a lack of something or when the quality of something is extremely low. The word
―something‖ represents any aspect of life, although it mostly discusses about economic condition, but it is also can refer to
social, political, and educational situations. As the setting of the novel is Post- French Revolution and it was in the 18th century, the revolution brought a big
change to social conditions in France at that time. Since there were two expensive wars that needed to be supported financially, and years of failed harvests, the
common people were motivated the people for a change. Meanwhile, the rich elite sought to increase their wealth by imposing heavy taxes on a poverty stricken
9 population that was virtually all under or unemployed and bankrupt. As a result of
the continued marginalization of the poor people, social upheaval was inevitable, inviting widespread crime and amoral behavior while corruption and disease ran
rampant through all classes of the French society.
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