He leaves a badly mispelled suicide note, "Done because we are too menny". They have two children, but Jude's child by his first wife comes back, and kills the other two as well as himself. His second girlfriend is also his cousin, hinting that this book is set, not in England, but in West Virginia. The remaining characters in the book go downhill rapidly from there. This is, of course, not enough to actually kill him. Another instance of how bad this character has it is when he actually tries to commit suicide, but merely comes down with pneumonia. The two manage to get married, and she eventually leaves him because he is an ineffectual loser. For instance, he meets his first wife when she throws a pig penis at him.
The reader is forced to wonder why the author doesn't simply put this character out of his misery. Reduced to its lowest terms, this book is about a guy whose life sucks. Nearly every college level Literature professor, and I use the term loosely, has inflicted this travesty on their unsuspecting students. Jude the Obscure was an evil, evil book written by Thomas Hardy some time ago.
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