Ethan From
In life change is inevitable, in novels it is a way of life. All of
the
characters in., Ethan Frome change in one way or another, From Ethan
Falling in
love with Mattie, to him starting to shave every morning. These
changes from the
minor ones to the major ones all play a large part in the
story. Another change
that happens in the story is Ethan's opinion about the
gravestone, It goes from
him thinking that he will never escape to him
pondering would him and Mattie be
buried next to each other. One of the
biggest examples of change in the story is
Ethan falling in love with
Mattie. This is a big change because he is already
married to Zeena. The
marriage to Zeena is simply a marriage of convenience. It
isn't a love
marriage and He is starting to fall in love with Mattie. Since
Mattie
Came to stay with Zeena And Ethan Has Change quite a bit for the
better.
Zeena and Mattie both Change Ethan in different, Mattie who Ethan
is falling in
love with changes Ethan in a positive manner, While Zeena Who
he is married to
Changes him in a more negative matter. Zeena Who always
has a negative attitude
has probably age Ethan more than the winters and the
smash up put together, but
since Mattie came Ethan is starting to act nicer
and as if he were younger.
Where as Zeena Locked Ethan out just because
"she was feeling to mean to
sleep" Mattie cares about Ethan and actually
talks to him. Another
noticeable change in Ethan Frome is His opinion of the
gravestones. This changes
dramatically from The beginning of the novel to the
part that I'm on now. In the
beginning of the novel these tombstones are like
a constant reminder that no one
in his family was able to make it out of that
town and he wouldn't make it out
either. Now in the middle of the story He
looks at the tombstone and wonders
what it would be like when he died if he
was with Mattie and buried right next
to her. He is looking forward to is
life ever since Mattie Moved in with
them.