The house's location is generally far away from any other houses and doesn't have any significant contact with the village. Meaning that the people within the house, Joseph and Edmund Hooper wouldn't have much time socializing with any other people, or that each character has already been separated from people whom they might have once have had relationships with because, they have moved. However after moving Joseph Hooper wished that his son Edmund Hooper would make new connections and friends, nonetheless the number of inhabitants of the village has already decreased, therefore they isn't anybody for him to make friends with. Furthermore the house itself is indulged within the nearby wood, which would show their isolation from society. Joseph and Edmund Hooper both currently have nobody by their sides to comfort them and, whilst having a cold relationship towards each other, both members are feeling quite lonely.
'Everything was predictable, the high ceilinged rooms, with heavy sashed windows, the oak wall paneling and oak doors and the oak staircase, the massive furniture. - Wealth
The Hooper family came down from a long line of wealthy people, since they have purchased and sold many lands now. It's easily shown from the quote that they are wealthy, for instance most items within the house is carved out of oak wood. Oak wood might have been a stylish good looking wood at the time to decorate and make the house look fancy, and due to its high ceilinged rooms, we can infer that the waring household was quite large due to the big rooms. ' Massive furniture' might have implied how much each furniture would have costed, showing that they are wealthy.
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