Principles of Sociology Essay

In H. Spencer s Principles of Sociology, he likened fellowship to an existence where its functions and characteristics such as growth, expansion, division and the like, he believed, also occurs in the society and social life, thus coining the term social organism. A unused, likewise takes the mold of an organism according to Henry James. He argues in the Art of simile (a commentary to Walter Besants lecture in the royal institution) that a invention is a personal impression of life. The main issue of the article is agency and how authors should treat it.James clarified that representation takes two forms one is the forthwith representation, which according to him is limiting, and another is representation based on a writers impression of the experience which he considers what the art of new is all about. The human race colored by the writers vision is the reality of the novel. An organism he believes best describe the complexity of a novel because an organism has in itse lf the individuality and unity of functions. The totality of the organism is open upon both the independence and the unity of its parts.Similarly, Freese in Henry James and the lotion of his theory in What Maisie knew believes that James viewpoint is that it is not possible to visualise fiction only by its individual parts because these have to be seen as interacting elements. (p. 2) James believes that the uniqueness of every novel is determined by the liberty of interpretation afforded by the author. The principles of form being dictated by convention only hamper the creation of the being that is the novel.The impression of reality, the personal process of making sense of an experience, is the ultimate measure of achieving the reality. Thus, a novel is not just a product but a fanciful process as in painting and the other arts where for each one step contributes to the wholeness of the craft. The writer has the power to determine the shape and complexity of the novel and ult imately the reality that the novel contains. All these elements, as in an organism is determined by a creator and his idea of representation.