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
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