Discuss the representation of children in "Wuthering Heights".

The child characters in the books that we have read for this course are, to me, very interesting characters, each possessing different qualities. I found it quite easy to relate to most of the child characters; however, one character which I found it difficult to understand is that of Heathcliff in the novel "Wuthering Heights". Heathcliff is completely different from any other child character in any of the books that I have read for this …

…Catherine. It is almost as though she is the only thing that keeps him going. Heathcliff's character is a complex one, and it is very hard to make sense of him at all. However, as this essay proves, we learn a lot about him from how other characters describe and comment on him; from the images he presents us with; from the language used, and from the context in which this peculiar child is seen.