c. Will prepare us to deal more sanely and surely with the involved problems of conduct.

II. Art in the Novel:

a. Completeness in the story:

1. Exclusion of unimportant and irrelevant matter.

α. The “story-teller” in us all.

β. The distractions of real life, with its far-relatedness.

γ. The “outside” event in melodrama too like life.

2. Exclusion of author’s one-sided moral verdict.

3. Must not be “for” some characters, and “against” others.

b. Understanding of Life in novel: