Theo and Julia QUESTIONS by Julia Lajoie https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g Made with an open mind en-us 2017-02-15 13:36:19 UTC 2017-02-24 12:34:22 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the importance of the setting? thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153994939 2017-02-15 13:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153994939 To what extent do we find ourselves sympathizing with Ethan? julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153995192 2017-02-15 13:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153995192 thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997204 time of year/period
early 1900's about 1905-1925]]> 2017-02-15 13:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997204 thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997262 location: Starkfield, Mass, on a farm, East Coats, New England ]]> 2017-02-15 13:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997262 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997306 type of house: farm house ]]> 2017-02-15 13:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997306 1) Why Ethan married in the first place thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997485 "It was only when she drew toward her last illness, and his cousin Zenobie Pierce came over from the next valley to help him nurse her, that human speech was never heard in the house. After the mortal scilence of his long imorisonment Zeena's music vulbility was music to his ears"]]> 2017-02-15 13:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997485 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997609 Ethan's Mother was sick so his lonely conditions help justify his "regret" of marrying Zenna. We know that their relationship changed after they got married and there was no true way Ethan knew he would be unhappy ]]> 2017-02-15 13:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153997609 thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153998209 weather: March, February, winter season]]> 2017-02-15 13:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153998209 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153999242 2017-02-15 13:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/153999242 Starkfield thdaukopul17 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154000560 name of town- stark=strong but the town is dreary, dark, and cold, town is full of poor people who are farmers that go back generations.]]> 2017-02-15 14:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154000560 Ethan's infatuation is looked down upon julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154572760 in most society's infatuation with another women while married is heavily looked down upon. we can find a way to sympathize with him becuase we know about his background]]> 2017-02-17 13:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154572760 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154573959 2017-02-17 13:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154573959 Sick wife julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154575158 His wife is sick so why don't we find ourselves sympathizing with her instead of Ethan?]]> 2017-02-17 13:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/154575158 Realism within character... julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155384914 We had an insight into Ethan mind, allowing him to seem like more of a real character and we could sympathize with him.]]> 2017-02-22 09:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155384914 Similar to the Story Killings by Andrea Dubus julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155386205 Although there are different Morals being challenged, in the story Killings we get an the background and an insight into Matt's mind. Knowing Matt's thoughts about his love for his son and the pain that he went through due to his son's death allow for us to sympathize with Matt even when he is committing an immoral act. In Ethan Frome we hardly question his acts of immortality because it is justified and dismissed.]]> 2017-02-22 09:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155386205 2) the story is set up for us to side with Ethan julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155389676 There are descriptions that look down upon Zeena's personality and appearance. This was purposefully done in order to allow us to see Zeena through Ethan's eyes and dislike her.]]> 2017-02-22 09:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155389676 Personality julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155391334 Zeena is incredibly rude to Mattie about her Pickle Dish

"You bad girl, Mattie Silver, and I always known it. It's the way you're father begun. and  I was warned of it when I took you and I tried to keep my things where you couldn't get at em" (110).]]> 2017-02-22 09:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155391334 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155394726 Zeena refused to say Goodbye to Mattie 
 "she went upstairs after dinner, she said she had those shooting pains again and that she didn't want to be disturbed' 'Didn't she say good-bye to you?' 'no that was all she said." (131).

]]> 2017-02-22 09:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155394726 3) Ethans idea that his life would be much happier if he were with Mattie is talked about julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155397165 we get an insight on how Ethan is feeling toward mattie throughout the book and it allows us to feel bad for him.]]> 2017-02-22 10:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155397165 4) Ethan is described as a nice person with a good personality who wants the best for everyone. julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155397963 Which makes his love for Mattie seem less selfish.]]> 2017-02-22 10:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155397963 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155398559 "For the first time they would be together indoors and they would sit there one on each side of the stove live a married couple" (60).]]> 2017-02-22 10:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155398559 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155399427 "When the door closed on her he remembered that he had not even touched her hand" (85).]]> 2017-02-22 10:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155399427 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155400243 "He was a poor man, the husband of a sickly women whom his desertion would leave alone in destitute' and even if he had the heart to desert her he could have done so only by deceiving two kindly people who had pitied him"(124). ]]> 2017-02-22 10:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155400243 Evidence 1 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155423625 pg. 6 "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters.  Most of the smart one's get away." The idea of putting him in a small town makes it a trap for Ethan and adds to who he is as a person, someone who is depressed, and down in the dumps. The word Stark means strong and that is quite the opposite of who Ethan is as a person.  ]]> 2017-02-22 12:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155423625 Evidence 2 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155425391 pg. 21 "The bitter cold and heavy going had nearly knocked the wind out of me, Look here Frome, I began, there'e no earthly use in your going any farther -- but he interrupted me: Nor you neither. There's been about enough of this for anybody" This describes the hardships of New England winters and the toll it can take on a person. Also the struggle to march through the storm parallels Ethan's personal life's struggle.]]> 2017-02-22 13:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155425391 Evidence 3 julajoie171 https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155428568 pg. 26, Sunday diner, "The guests were preparing to leave, and the tide had already set toward passage where the coats and wraps were hung, a young man with a sprightly foot and a shock of black hair shot into the middle of the dance floor and clapped his hands" The transition form the table to the coat closet/door mimics the change in high and low tide and shows that change is going to come and it's something that'll come up fast due to the reference to the young, lively man dancing.]]> 2017-02-22 13:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/julajoie171/8kqz6gdode3g/wish/155428568