I got this picture from this site “www.theodysseyonline.com” It’s interesting how I can relate this image to Mr. Shandy who is philosophical – minded and very dedicated to his son by trying his best to educate him. But as the wheels are slow breaking apart, it’s symbolize how Mr. Shandy slowly gets disappointed at Tristram.

Laurence Sterne’s famous comic novel “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman,” Which is a fictional autobiography of a character that he created name Tristram Shandy. Throughout volume I and II Tristram explained us the scientific method of infant creation as he keeps on mentioning that he was not born yet. Towards the end of Volume II, where his father is waiting for Tristram’s birth, he mentions Walter’s hypothesis and it is constantly repeated throughout the page, “cast upon this hypothesis? Here you see, he would say, there was no injury done to the sensorium: – no pressure of the head against the pelvis” (121). As to referring to his son organ, to insure that there is no physical damage toward his son especially his brain the most important part of human body. Along the path of Tristram birth, he constantly interrupt the reader for instance, at the moment when his mother is delivering him, his father, uncle Toby and the other men pull an argument on science and philosophy. As a Roman politician name Julius Caesar mentioned, referring to the footnote 13. Volume II chapter 19“Sterne took this, and subsequent names, except Hermes Trismegistus, from the article ‘Caesarian section’ in Chamber’s Cyclopedia Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) was almost certainly not born by section.” According to the definition of “Caesarian section” it is a surgery uses during delivering a child by cutting through the mother’s abdomen which can put the baby or the mother on risk. Julius Caesar had gone through the exact experience as his mother past away after he was born. As Walter is trying to suggest this idea to Mrs. Shandy as the best thing to do to protect his child during labor. But Mr. Shandy believes in natural birth. Our knowledge of this novel is written in the 18th century which their scientific method is more of religious, bibles and Greek mythology rather than true evidence. As the conversation is interrupted again, Uncle Toby who used to be a soldier until he was wounded, he continues to spend most of his time playing like a soldier. While Mr. Shandy tries to stop him from continuing on about his hobby. Overall, Walter Shandy tries to give Tristram Shandy the best possible chance of success in life and educated his child. As we can see that he is a philosophical minded father and puts himself into these complex argument, hoping that he can invent a new theory. Although Tristram Shandy seems to be the most important character who talks about himself and the process of how he was born but also through his story telling of his family history, we understand that he is a minor character as well in other words, other character in the novel is as important as he is. Tristram was a mistaken name that it wasn’t his father originally given for him, which significant because he thinks this is the reason that causes him to born with a broken nose. Another reason may be a curse that was originally on one of the family members and it impacted him when he is born.