Vanity Fair , chapter II

The extract is taken from Vanity Fair written by William Makepeace Thackeray , a Victorian age's novelist.
The story speaks about Miss Rebecca Sharps and Miss Amelia Sedley who are the two protagonist of the novel. The story takes place in the carriage just outside the school. Amelia is shocked by Rebecca's act of insubordination: she has just thrown her French Dixonary out of the window .
On the carriage Rebecca expresses her feelings towards the school making the reader aware of English educational system, during Victorian period. She hates the school master, whose name is Miss Pinkerton ,because she insulted and outraged her . So the reader has a negative view of education because it was based on cruel attitude towards people belonging to low classes.
The protagonists' characterization is given by contrast. Rebecca's one is given by her actions and her speech so she appears passionate and impulsive. Iinstead Amelia appears more passive and conformist embodying the Victorian age's values.
Rebecca relaxing frame of mind recalls a sense of freedom due to leaving school. She is an opportunist because she thinks about feature and she doesn't care about the consequence.
Amelia is submissive and she cares to preserve her reputation conforming to behavioural norms OF Victorian age .
Rebecca's personality prevails on Amelia's one because the narrator prefers Rebecca's character and he addresses the reader to prefer her too.
Thackeray uses language in a very peculiar way because it is uncommon to describe an episode that is not so important, creating irony.
Therefore Thackeray uses digression to make the reader aware of reality : he entertains the reader using irony but at the same time he teaches him something.