He never learns, as Phillotson finally does perhaps too late, to calculate how to get what he wants. Though he is unable to hurt an animal or another human being, he shows very little concern for himself and his own survival, often needlessly sacrificing his own good. Though well-intentioned and goodhearted, he often acts impulsively on the basis of too little objective evidence. Though he is intelligent enough and determined, he tries to force his way to the knowledge he wants. Jude is, therefore, struggling both with the world and with himself. He is also obscure in the sense of being ambiguous: he is divided internally, and the conflicts range all the way from that between sexual desire and knowledge to that between two different views of the world. Jude is obscure in that he comes from uncertain origins, struggles largely unnoticed to realize his aspirations, and dies without having made any mark on the world. Hardy's Writing Style and Use of Quotations.
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