Discuss”Home Burial” And “Death Of The Hired Man” By FrostEssay Preview: Discuss”Home Burial” And “Death Of The Hired Man” By FrostReport this essayIn Frosts “Home Burial,” a married couple are mourning the death of their son, and they dont appear to possess enough communication skills or not comfortable with each other to console one another in order to cope with their childs passing. The husband wants to talk to his wife, but she is aloof with him and avoids any confrontation. The two could be so stricken with grief that even speaking of their dead child could be hard to swallow, and therefore they avoid or dont make an effort to discuss the subject all together. But I think that they never really had “heart-to-hearts” (a relationship cant thrive without good communication) before and are suffering the consequences, the relationship is breaking apart, and by the end of the poem there seems to be nothing either them can do to come together and heal.
In “Death of a Hired Man,” the couple are a complete opposite from the couple in “Home Burial”. The wife pulls the husband aside to speak about a the pairs friend who had needed a place to stay. They easily strike up a conversation about the man, Silas, who never makes an appearance but is described as a proud man who lacks reverence for his well-to-do brother. They have a causal conversation about Silas, and how he feels that their home is also his, and because of that he had come there to die. Because of they dialogue and imagery Frost provided, I as the reader was able to visualize what was going on, and what the effect of the death would do to them. They seemed to be able to confide in one another about anything grim or happy, and I think they will be able to cope with their friends death.
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(This is the part where I see the relationship between the narrative and plot; as some of you may know, the story comes out of the hands of a woman who lives in a rural place called Thel.)
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My favorite part was in the plot and the characters that I read: as I said last time, this is the beginning and end of their relationship, and it comes at the same time: I thought this line, #8220; the couple are a complete opposite from the couple in ” the couple pull the husband aside to speak about a the pairs friend who had needed a place to stay. They easily strike up a conversation about the man, Silas, who never makes an appearance but is described as a proud man who lacks reverence for his well-to-do brother. They have a causal conversation about Silas, and how he feels that their home is also their, and because of that he had come there to die. Because of them dialogue and imagery Frost provided, I as the reader was able to visualize what was going on, and what the effect of the death would do to them. They seemed to be able to confide in one another about anything grim or happy, and I think they will be able to cope with their friends death.
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There’s a lot of details that I wanted for this. For starters, while the main character seems like a bit of an outsider, there’s a very little amount of the typical, “Hey, who’s your name-son?” kind of story happening. They kind of run with the story as it continues, at times getting into a bit of a fight/murder/whatever between the character in question and the main character. Some are actually nice and simple to read, others are really well written as well, and the first chapter had a really interesting scene with Olaf on fire, and a character at the altar that really needed a hot meal. On the other hand, my favorite part about this portion was that these chapters were really well written, which were all very well written and good in the way that people had expected, while also not completely being well written, but well done. I thought that they’d be able to pull off this one well.
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I think I’ll be back before long for the other half, then when I go back to my favorite part of the novel (which is the prologue, when the characters are really falling of it off a cliff) :P. After that (which is my favorite part of everything I read as I read it), here’s my summary: I really appreciate the way that Frost makes these very intricate relationships all possible with all the character’s details, and those details are going to make life quite difficult at times for most of my readers. In any case, this book is so much fun to read, and that’s why this review was pretty helpful. I have been taking myself out of some