In the opening chapters of Ethan Frome the readers are given more than enough information about the main characters. Right from the very beginning, the author vividly describes the main characters of the novel and makes the reader feel as if one truly knows the characters.
For this assignment you are to choose a character from the novel and complete the following:
1. Find an image that best describes the character.
Describe why this image best describes the character.
2. Find a song that best goes with the character.
Describe why this song best goes with this character.
3. Write a brief description of the character using 3 examples or evidence from the novel. Description must be one to two paragraphs.
Have fun! :)
http://www.davidparkstenor.com/images/tac%20snow%20web.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis image best represents Ethan Frome because he is a lonely,cold-hearted man. As the book started of, Ethan Frome was described as an old man who always went to the post office. He was never accompanied by anyone. Furthermore, Ethan Frome was not approachable, however he was know all around town. An engineer who was called into town had heard of him and was curious to know more about him. In addition, Ethan Frome had a strange secreat that has not been known yet. The towns people say he was not a smart one to leave town. They say he was the only one who stayed behind, however we still don't know why. All in all, Ethan Frome is a isolated and gloomy man.
-Maria Alonso
Great answers Maria! The only thing that you forgot was to include a song that best describes your character, Ethan.
ReplyDeleteGood Job though!
A song to describe Ethan Frome is The Tip of the Iceberg by Owl City. This songs relates very well to the love Ethan and Mattie have for each other.
ReplyDelete-Maria Alonso
1.http://rainreflections.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/miley-cyrus-picture.jpg - - This picture represents the character Mattie from the novel Ethan Frome. Miley represents Mattie because their personalities can connect. For instance, they both like to dance, they both are beautiful, and young.
ReplyDelete2. The song that relates to Mattie and reminds me of her, is Your Love by Nikki Minaj. This song relates to her because it's something I see Ethan dedicating to her. It relates to the way she is. It has a nice beat to dance to and it describes a young beautiful woman and her affection.
I'll answer number 3 in a little bit :)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/403382439_594f3597a9.jpg I think that picture best describes how i see Ethan Frome. Ethan is a cold lonely isolated person going through great turmoil in his mind. In that picture we can clearly see this person isolated, alone and stressing out over something, just like Ethan.
ReplyDeleteA song for Ethan would be All night dance parties in the underground palace by alesana. I chose this song because it really describes how much Ethan Loves Mattie and how he wishes he could take her away from all that drama and that dead little town.
Ethan is a cold, isolated person who is going through a lot off stress. We know he is isolated and cold because the author describes him as the town, which is cold and isolated. WE also know he is going through a lot of stress because he is caring for a crazy wife while secretly being in love with her cousin. I'm pretty sure that would cause anyone a great deal of stress.
ETHAN FROME
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This picture is depressing and so is Ethan Frome. The path means his life ,and how at one point of his life he had the people he loved the most next to him, which are interpreted by the trees. As time went by those people died, leaving him with only his wife Zeena and Mattie.
Song-
Green Day - Good Riddance
Ethan has a crush on his wife's cousin Mattie. When it happened it was so unpredictable, there's nothing else to do but to stay with the memories of her(Mattie) because he wont betray his wife Zeena like that.
- Ethan Frome is very depressing, and most of all he is isolated. He is not selffish, since he decided to marry Zeena because she took a lot of her time to take care of his mom. So he thoght that by taking care of her now that she is sick is a nice way to pay back all she did. Ethan is very depressed, since he didnt get to do what he wanted in life, which was being an engineer. He is also hopeless, since he does the samething everyday, he only drags himself everyday to the post office, and picks up the news paper. He doesnt take in mind doing something new, this shows how hopeless he is. Overall, Ethan From is drepressed, his unselfish, and he is a hopeless character.
Wow! I am glad that the friendly reminder helped you guys remember that there was homework. =)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Amanda, Chris, and Darline. I was very impressed with the analysis of your image Darline. I would've never thought to relate the trees to Ethan's family. I was also very impressed with your image Chris. You are correct, this image truly represents Ethan's isolation and frustration. Amanda and Maria, I would've never thought of those songs to relate to the novel. They are great songs that describe your characters.
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PICTURE-
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The picture represent ethan frome frome because he gave up his dreams,to take care of his parents.All his life he worked hard but he had some choices to make.That why ethan frome still depressed living in starkfield.
THe best song that represent ethan is ''over'' by drake.ethan is always isolated from the town.ALOT OF PEople talk about him,gaving up his dream to care of his parents.THe people of thew town say how ethan still stuck in this town.
Ethan frome is very isolated fromt he others.You never see ethan frome talking to one of the town people.Ethan is not selfish,but he is hopeless,depressed person.