Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Setting as a charactor
I think Eddy Harris did a very good job at making the setting a charactor. Because there aren't very many other charactors along the way he almost has to develop the setting as a charactor. He writes about how he is so close to the river and how he understands it. He says "the river and life itselfhad, upon careful examination, been rather good to me"(178). He talks about the river as being almost a person that sometimes is calm and quiet but at other times fierce and unforgiving. He does a very good job of making the setting come alive and add that extra charactor (the river) to the list of people he comes across. If anything the setting is the second biggest charactor, he is always on it and always talking about it and what it means to him. He relates to it as almost a companion helping him along his way but also bringing him down other times.
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I disagree with how you are saying that he doesn’t meet many people who help the setting develop. The people he meets along the way reflect the type of people in the towns that he travels to. Once you see how they treat Eddy you can see what type of place he is in. But, I do agree with how the river is an actual character in the book. It is taking Eddy along his journey, taking him to new places and meeting new people. The river is the way that the whole story is developing.
ReplyDelete@ mjg1027- I love the evidence you provide. Good connections. Good explanations as well!
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