How Does Hartley suggest the differences between social classes in the Go-Between? L.P Hartley’s ‘The Go-Between’ is a novel in which class distinction plays a major part. Many of the events that occur within the course of the novel demonstrate these distinctions and the way in which society’s perceptions and the class structure govern the actions of Hartley’s characters. Hartley does not merely suggest class differences, but goes as far as to make explicit allusions to the rigid social structure of the period. Hartley uses the social metamorphosis of his protagonist, Leo Colston, as a vehicle for expressing the power of the class structure over soci