I. Olive Ann Burnswas born in Banks County, Georgia in 1924. She attended Mercer University, subsequently transferring to University of North Carolina. Ms. Burns graduated, and with the knowledge ascertained while in attendance, she was very easily able to launch her career in journalism. Tragically, in 1975 Olive Ann was diagnosed with cancer, news that upon hearing she decided to go through with her plans of writing her own novel.
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During the time that Olive Ann was writing Cold Sassy, the world was in a confusing and tumultuous era lined with incredible and unprecedented technological strides, such as the first mobile phone being developed and Microsoft being founded, all the while, political and sociocultural turmoil was strife. The U.K. and U.S. inflation rates soar and a national recession is recognized. Prices of oil reach the highest they had been in decades. Not to mention social …show more content…
The sameness of the story derives from the familiarity of the era, one of technological advances such as readily available electricity, coupled with the social advances that crept up on the national populace.
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Will Tweedy is a young man, just over the age of fourteen as the novel begins. His views on life are strictly limited to what his family lets on, leading to misunderstood prejudices, skewed views on morality, mortality, and love. However, when faced with loss and love lost, Will begins to question his views. The ideas he has have morphed alongside the time he spent seeing these new experiences. Will Tweedy's grandfather, Rucker Blakeslee, is a much older, wholly more experienced man than Will himself. Both individuals keep their heads high, joke to distract from tragedy, and become less afraid to let their feelings be known over time. Rucker's temerity and authority allow him continuously do what he feels and say what he wants without open
II.
During the time that Olive Ann was writing Cold Sassy, the world was in a confusing and tumultuous era lined with incredible and unprecedented technological strides, such as the first mobile phone being developed and Microsoft being founded, all the while, political and sociocultural turmoil was strife. The U.K. and U.S. inflation rates soar and a national recession is recognized. Prices of oil reach the highest they had been in decades. Not to mention social …show more content…
The sameness of the story derives from the familiarity of the era, one of technological advances such as readily available electricity, coupled with the social advances that crept up on the national populace.
IV.
Will Tweedy is a young man, just over the age of fourteen as the novel begins. His views on life are strictly limited to what his family lets on, leading to misunderstood prejudices, skewed views on morality, mortality, and love. However, when faced with loss and love lost, Will begins to question his views. The ideas he has have morphed alongside the time he spent seeing these new experiences. Will Tweedy's grandfather, Rucker Blakeslee, is a much older, wholly more experienced man than Will himself. Both individuals keep their heads high, joke to distract from tragedy, and become less afraid to let their feelings be known over time. Rucker's temerity and authority allow him continuously do what he feels and say what he wants without open