Ethan Frome Chunk 3 Chapters 7-9

Zenobia Frome aka Zeena is a "sickly" woman, a bother to Ethans life. She is like the antagonist of this novel. Ethan tries to get out if this place but Zeena does not want to leave and gives the excuse of she being really sick and that they are so poor they cannot affors anything. So Ethans life is stuck with her for ever until the end of there life, fortunaly Mattie appears and brings the house especially Ethan Frome to life, she brings her happynes, and joy, unlike Zeena she brings, whining, depression, and complains. Zeena is like a master-mind, she manipulates her surroundings/environment. She noticed how her illness was a strength to manipulate people. She is very sick indeed but not stupid or blind yet, so Ethan had to be carful with his actions. But at the end she is the one taking care of everyone.





Coming towards the end of the novel things start to rap up, and started to get a little crazy.

Mattie starts up with preparing the supper for the night. Zeena doesnt come down becouse she is having "complications" meaning she will die. Zeena brings out this news that her doctor told her to get a new hired girl. Ethan realized that she doesnt want Mattie in this house anymore, and he feels down but then he stands up towards Zeena with anger. Zeena says "She's a pauper that's hung onto us all after her father'd done his best to ruin us. I've kept her here a whole year it's somebody else's turn now." She is actually having revenge and an excuse to get rid of Mattie at any costs. Ethan still feels sad, and he hasnt told Mattie yet. So then he tells her, about the news, and they are both very upset. Unfortunatly Zeena finds out about the broken dish and ges angrier and makes her even more convincing for Mattie to leave. What a bomer. Basically Ethan is stuck with emotions and doesnt noe what to do, but he then recalls a story about a man escaping to a woman and live happily ever after. And so he thought of him and Mattie running away together. Ethan is now "prisoner for life, and now his one ray of light was to be extinguished." Theres no escape, he is poor and cannot escape at all period he is done for. But before MAttie leaves Ethan wanted to spent to with her and vise versa. They decided to ride a sled and throughout that ride he realized how the environment emphisized the connection of both of them. He recalls that every part of the environment there was this first time together doing something and that was there connection. They stop for a moment and decide to ride the sled again but this time towards the big elm tree, meaning commiting suicide, and happily ever after they go and go and speeds up like the speed of lighting, but right before they hit tree he sees the image of the olg gunt ugly monstrous looking guess who Zeena. And boom they crash. Fortunaly but unfortunaly they survive this "smash-up" but now they are both severly injured, MAttie is paralyzed and Ethan can barley move his hairs. At the end Zeena ended up taking care of both of them. Whew what a story, is the farmost craziest story i had read. Crazy huh. I never thought that there were books like this seruisly, im not a reading type but now it seems that reading books are fun and intersting to read. For now on that will be my resolution for the rest of my life.



What will you have done if you were in place of Ethan?



Does suicide solve problems? If so why?



Does Zeena care her famaly members? Does she even care about her husband Ethan





Theme: Environment/Connections

Ethan Frome Chunk 2 Chapters: 4-6

Mattie, Zeenas cousin, was left alone because of family crisis (economically, and moraly). Well fortunally Zeena needed an aid and Mattie was gladly to help for an intercome of shelter and something to eat. Throught the year that she had stayed in the Frome's there house, she has beeing "quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy." She is the light and the awakening of the Fromes, she is pretty, and healthy unlike Zeena whining and complaining all day long. Mattie admits that she is in love with Ethan, actually they both do. Mattie seems like a cool person, but Zeena does not think of her like that, in contrast she wants to get rid of Mattie, becouse she noticeed the hidden relationship beetween Ethan Mattie.





Ethan imagines himself with Mattie as a married couple spending the night together. ironically they do not do anything together instead they just started to mind there own business. Ethan was imagining, and Mattie was sewing. But they were both watching the cat and the fireplace.


Ethan then started to realize that the farm hasnt being sold yet and that he nor Zeena will be getting out from Starksfield. He noticed that Zeena was starting to act like his mother, never listening, always whining, sick all the time, pale and complaining. Ethan noticed his loniliness until Mattie arrived. Ethan passed by this graveyard and noticed a grave carvin and it was from Ethan From a relative and realized that he fears about how it is going to end up not only with him but with Zeena together as "merried" couple. The most valueble object that the Frome's own, not only it has being touched or seen, and reminded the merriage of Zeena and Ethan. Was brought down by Mattie for supper, Ethan noticed it and was shocked that he noticed, but then the cat that they saw came an dropped this valuable red pickle dish. Mattie got discouraged about this incident, and now she is filled with regrets. Then Ethans like no worry ill fix it, you just relax ok. So then Ethan brought up the thing about marriage and Mattie seemed blushed. Then they started to keep in mind that Zeena is going to arrive in no time, and realized that they have only a spare of time for them to be together, unfortunaly Ethan didnt even bust out with a move like getting next to her, at least hugging her but instead he kissed the sewing material that Mattie was using. Ethan still beliefs and is determined that their night together is an image of what their future is going to be like. Ethan plans to fix the dish with glue, he is realy determined to fix it before Zeena comes. So he goes and gets the glue but obstacles had to occur and took him time to reach the house, by that time Zeena already arrived and so he had no chance to fix itbut he can still fix it while Zeena closes her eyes. No doubt that Mattie worries about the if Zeena notices the broken dish.








What will you do if youre wife is gone for the night and you are stuck with another woman you love, all alone in a house?





Why dont they do anything?





Why did Mattie brought the dish ? Did she now what it meant? Will she be in sever trouble, if so how severe?





Theme: Lonliness