Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson [...] how Ruth and Lucille begin to be distinguished from each other somewhere in the middle of the book, and identify the point at which this differentiation occurs. It will also describe and discuss the differen Continue Reading...
They moved to Fingerbone take care of the girls and reminded the girls every now and then about the lives that they had given up and left behind for the girls' well wishes. Both these characters are cleverly depicted so that they are kind and amusin Continue Reading...
62), a society with "shallow-rooted" norms (p. 177), a "meager and difficult place" as opposed to the expansive way Ruth wishes to grow as a woman. (p. 178) Helen's storm inside, this mother's crisis of identity, has parallels not with Baldwin's wom Continue Reading...
