, the theme is that of a young America coming up into the 20th century and the obstacles that women of the time had to face. Carol meets Will and has great expectations about her life. However, William is caught up with the typical mind set that women should stay home and mind the house. They fall deeply in love but are torn apart because America isn’t ready for women to be independent. Carol moves away to find independence, but her goals are never met; she decides to move back with Will and become a typical woman of the 1900's.Paragraph 11This novel is written in the third person omniscient point of view. The narrator is constantly informing the reader on how everybody feels. By doing this he is able to express two opposing opinions to the reader. The reader is allowed to make his own assumptions and opinions on the different situations that arise. The narrator tells the reader of Carol’s aspirations of changing small town America. At the same time he is able to give Will’s feelings about Carol being a “normal” wife. The narrator is also able to express the feelings of the other characters who occupy the town. These thoughts are very insightful and make for a better understanding of Carol.Paragraph 12Personification: “the trees by Sam’s hardware shop reached out as to consume the daylight.”Simile: “Kennicott was as fixed in routine as an isolated old man.”Paragraph 13This novel was interesting but at the same time it failed to really catch my attention and intrigue me. I was under the assumption that it was risky and questioned peoples values. My only thought on this is that I’m reading it in 2001 and the novel was published in 1948. My views are drastically different from those of a country who put women on a lower standard than men. I would give this book a moderate rating because it didn’t catch my eye but at the same time had a decent point to p...
