A Gravestone Made Of Wheat

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Olaf Torvik is a rather complex character whom takes the spot as the central protagonist of the story, A Gravestone Made Of Wheat. Olaf, as stated before is a complex man who seems to be rather stressed and serious about any and all things. You may ask, how do you know this? Well, there are multiple points in the story where he seems persistent and upset about certain things, Inge, Marriage being delayed, etcetera.

Olaf, near the beginning of the story, seems to deeply care for his wife despite their meeting and marriage being arranged. He showed he had compassion and cared for what his late wife wanted as shown when he continued with his plan to bury her in the field merely because, “That’s what she wanted.” Besides this, he cared enough

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