Ethan Frome
The novel Ethan Frome involves three main characters, Ethan Frome, Zeena Frome, and Mattie silver. These characters are at the center of this story. Each of these characters possesses very distinct traits, personalities, and attitudes. In the case of Mattie Silver an attitude that greatly contrast her situation.Ethan Frome was a proud man, also a man of integrity. Although he was very poor he would not appear apathetic. He did not want the people of Starkfield to pity him. For this reason he would not socialize with the folks in town. Ethan did not want to discuss his economic troubles or the situation at the farm. He chose instead to carry his burden alone. Throughout the story his integrity shows. One example of this is the time when he arranged to meet the narrator to ride her to the train station. There was a bad storm that day and the narrator questioned whether Ethan would show up. Not only did he show up he rode her all the way to work knowing the trains would be delayed due to the storm and cause her to be late for work. Ethan was a sad person. His marriage o
her request of Ethan to ride the sled into the big elm at the bottom of the hill in order to escape their dilemma. What I find so interesting about Ms. Silver is the fact that regardless of her financial status, her living situation, and all her family troubles she didn¯t become resentful, or bitter. She remained a pleasant, and gay at least until the smash-up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ed for the wrong reasons. His dream of moving to the west and becoming an engineer were never reached due to his obligation to his family. Ethan lived an unfulfilled existence. The characters Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie made for an interesting story. Although there lives were engulfed by gloom it seems each found a way of dealing with it. Ethan somberly accepted the life he couldn¯t escape, Zeena, I feel, used her °ails± as a way to cope with her unhappiness, and Mattie, well I guess she just didn¯t know what it was like to so unhappy yet and was able to enjoy happiness where she found it. f eight years was not successful, and his dream of moving we
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Approximate Word count = 735
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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