Henry Fielding’s narrative Tom Jones brings to life a picaresque journey of a young boy in the English countryside. While traveling to London, Tom Jones encounters a mysterious old man known as the Man of the Hill. The Old Man relates to Tom and his friend Partridge his life story in an interpolated tale, which some contend strays from the central plot. Many readers fail to grasp the importance of the story in which …showed first 75 words of 2103 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2103 total…the divine. Each area hinders his ability to step into the world and acquire knowledge. Clearly, pulling Locke’s theory of learning, through the lifestyle of the Old Man reveals a clear violation. The Man of this Hill is found to be a cynical man who is afraid of the world. Because of these reasons, Henry Fielding’s Man of the Hill violates the principles of John Locke’s expressed theory of knowledge through experience.