I am almost done with the book Wuthering Heights by Emilie Bronte. I feel that the book is a series of events that all can connect to each other. Because Catherine fell in love, that caused her daughters life to be hard and if she has children than they will have troubling lives. It is cause and effect, with some characters being stuck in gloom alone with only their maid for comfort, and happy and with the person they love most. The mood of the book swings too, along with the characters.
The main character in most of the story is Nelly, a old maid that travels with a family Wuthering Heights, and Thrushcross Grange. Both are too large houses on the moor, a large grassy plain far from any village. Many characters are born here and the story is as her account of what happened there. She is telling it to a young man, who has just visited there and is wondering what the history of Wuthering Heights is. She tells of a family that goes through good and bad times and are moderately poor so they cannot afford a lot.
Like I said before, I think that the family will continue to have good and bad luck as the story goes on. Catherine, one of the main characters father just died, and she is concerned on where she is supposed to live. She is almost completely alone in life and she does not know who to turn too. The only person she had been talking to was her father, but less so when he got weaker and weaker. I feel that as I read more into the book, I will find out what is happening to her and if the main character, the man who is unamed, will play a larger part in the story. Occasionally during the telling he stops and talks about what some of his thoughts are.
Great job Tess. I love your summary especially. I think that it is a perfect short summary about what the book is about without giving anything away. I love how you are very descriptive in your summary, almost as if it is a story. That also sound very creative, how the story is a story that is being told, not the actual story itself. One think I was wondering though was why do you consider it being bad to have the comfort of a maid? I don't really know, but if the maid is nice and caring, I think that she would be just as good as a best friend. Great job Tess!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome Tiv on commenting on my blog post. To answer your question, when I mentioned the maid I said it has she only has her, no friends that are her own age and she can connect too. She is missing a father and mother, and since this is from the maid's point of view, you can how they sometimes despise her. Anyway, thanks for commenting!
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