Selden My Man!

    I really do like Selden.  He was raised in a way that my parents have tried to raise me and how they were raised as children.  He was taught to not take anything for granted.  His mother was the "one woman who had given him his sense of 'values'" (Wharton, 124).  He did not like those who obsessed over money, although he did love Lily.  Edith Wharton does a great job in displaying Selden's character in The House of Mirth.  I can relate to him because my parents taught me to have morals and values.  They taught me that material things are not necessities.  I really hope that Lily ends up with Selden because I believe that he will make her a better woman. He has a good head on his shoulders and that is what Lily needs in a man. I know that they both love each other, so they should just  get married already.  I hope there is a wedding at the end of this book and that it is Lily and Selden at the altar.