Sinclair Ross" tragedy "The Painted House" is set in a small isolated Saskatchewan farmhouse during the 1930's Great Depression. The author's description says it all. "In the clear, bitter light the long white miles of prairie landscape seemed a region strangely alien to life. Even the distant farmsteads she could see served only to intensify a sense of isolation." To make the situation worse, it is the dead of winter and a huge storm is brewing, both the blizzard and the mental turmoil in Ann's mind. The author has taken is a third person, limited omniscient view; as if he is overseeing the situation, delving into Ann's mind, in order to tell the story to his readers.
Ann, the main character, has been married to John for seven years. The author makes it quite clear that she is unable to cope with the isolation, both physical and emotional. This has left her self-centred, lonely, and resentful, and is the cause for the conflict that is evident in the story. She struggles with her desire for affection and companionship, and temporarily finds them in Steven's arms. She feels that she is competing for John's attention with her father-in-law and his work. This is apparent in her comment to John, "It isn't right to leave me here alone. Surely I"m as important as your father." As well, she has asked John to hire someone, but he continually insisted that it was unnecessary. This struggle has left her both critical and resentful of John. In her criticalness, she tells him to shave and to spend a little time on himself, describing him as a big stubborn fool with brute-tired stupid eyes. She resents John for his strong work ethic, one that makes her feel unappreciated. He works hard to pay off the mortgage and provide her with the finer things in life, but she thinks "the only real difference that it all made was to deprive her of his companionship." However, she blames her mood on the weather, believing that it is "the cold that depresses.
The poem, "Fog," by Carl Sandburg, and the poem, "Dusting," by Julia Alvarez, show literary elements including imagery, figurative language, sound, rhythm. ... "Dusting," by Julia Alvarez, the poet uses her imprints as symbolism in the poem. ...
It was known as the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl caused the crops to decline in quality to the point of failure. ... Even after the rainstorms, there were still dust storms. ... Winds blew dust from Texas to New York. ... They are probably unemployed due to either the Great Depression or the Dust Bowl. ...
What was the cause of the Dust Bowl? ... The cause of the Dust Bowl is from a severe drought that hit in the Southern Plains which caused the crops to die and dust to begin. ... Dust is what we say when it is loose and blowing on the wind. ... The Dust Bowl started making living things sick. ... (NY Times, Par. 1) For everyone dust was just dust but the Dust Bowl is a decade of suffering. ...
Many also suffered "dust pneumonia," children were most vulnerable to dust pneumonia. ... All businesses, and schools were closed because of the dust. Soil conservation techniques were now needed in the Dust Bowl. ... This was the first time the East had suffered a dust storm. ... Nearly a decade of dust was over. ...
The Dust Bowl? ... No the Dust Bowl occurred in the plain states from 1931 to1939. ... What do people see when they think of the Dust Bowl? ... The Dust Bowl became so bad that the Red Cross called for a massive delivery of dust masks as breathing became difficult. ... After the Dust Bowl had occurred it changed many viewpoints of people. ...
The 1930's Dust bowl was a windy drought that caused clouds of dust to form in the Southern plains which lasted about a decade. ... Many states were affected by the Dust Bowl. ... Winds soon came and the dust made by the hooves were swept up into huge dust clouds. ... Skies darkened with dust. ... Homes were filled with dust and soon layers of dust were seen on the furniture. ...
The 1930's Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl of the 1930's took place in the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States. ... Numerous causes attributed to the beginnings of the massive and destructive Dust Bowl. ... Later in 1935 the ultimate dust storm hit Oklahoma, this storm defined the term the "Dust Bowl" with its massive size and power. ... The Great Plains Dust Bowl experienced in the 1930's changed the lives of ordinary Americans. The human errors that caused it led to the decade long Dust Bowl of misery....
Wind erosion blew away the dry and denuded soil and created clouds of dust that could be seen hundreds of miles away. These dust storms and sandstorms battered the settlers and buried their roads and homes in sand. ... Another important lesson learned from the Dust Bowl disaster was the importance of proper schooling. ... The Dust Bowl greatly affected farmers. ... Popular blues singers, including Woody Guthrie wrote songs about the disaster, like "Dust Bowl Blues" and "Dust Can't Kill Me." ...
The Dust Bowl was "the darkest moment in the twentieth-century life of the southern plains," (pg. 4) as described by Donald Worster in his book "The Dust Bowl." ... The Dust Bowl existed, in its full quintessence, concurrently with the Great Depression during the 1930's. ... Post-Progressive Conservationists, such as Lewis Gray also tried to lend a hand in correcting what went wrong in the Dust Bowl. ... (pg. 230) The Dust Bowl, even more so than the Great Depression, became the dominant national symbol of bankruptcy and ecological decay-the irony is that it was the capitalistic values th...
