... reasons why Cold Sassy Tree is such a good book. The author creates an intricate and compelling novel through the use of setting, conflict, and titles and names. It would take too much time to write all of these elements, here is a breif synopsis on setting, conflict, and titles and names. To begin with, setting is a very intriguing part of the novel. Setting can help the ... a very dirty mill boy that gets in fight often with Will Tweedy. This name sounds Ironic because it sounds like a name that would be given to a dirty poor person. These are all solid examples of the names in Cold S...

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Rural, stubborn, and polite. These are only a few of the words that describe the novel Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. This story tells about a young boy, an old man, and a coming of age town that experiences progression in the turn of the twentieth century ... ss ever be, ain't she?"' (pg.6) Mary Willis took the news of her new step mother the worst. She felt she could never show her face again in Cold Sassy. Feeling embarrassed for her whole family, Mary Willis couldn't understand how her father could marry so soon after her mother's death when the respectable thing to do was to ... whe...

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• Grade Level: High School