1. Introduction
A path it is, leading towards the small, lonely farm house in "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett and towards the bungalow of the Burnell family in "At the Bay" by Katherine Mansfield. A path that leads the reader through the homes, the geographies, the characters, and their development in the stories. This essay will only refer to chapters III, V, VI, XI in Mansfield's "At the Bay". Jewett as well as Mansfield contrast in their stories the description of the nature with the feelings of the characters and therefore create a certain atmosphere and mood. This atmosphere has also an influence on the characters mental conditions and developments. Furthermore the time period and the social class status of the characters influence …show more content…
There Stanley and Linda Burnell live with their three girls, their little boy, Linda's mother Mrs Fairfield, Linda's sister Beryl and their servant girl Alice in a bungalow with a huge garden. The different locations are described in a direct way through the narrator and sometimes through speech or thoughts of different characters. Inside the house, only the living room is described, it has a “wide-open window [...][,] yellow varnished walls and bare floor” (Mansfield, 254). On the other hand the estates garden is described in more detail. It has its own path, a big gate (Mansfield, 255) and a flower bed (Mansfield, 275). This evidence and further suggests that the Burnell family is …show more content…
Due to an industrialisation comment in the text (Jewett, 670) the story must take place during the industrialisation between 1865-1918. Another indicator for that time period is the year of publication of "A White Heron" in 1886. Linda comes from one of those manufacturing towns, as they are always very busy and crowded. She does not like it there because Sylvia is a very shy and introverted little girl (Jewett, 670, 678) that likes the peace and quiet of the little farm house and the woods. She and her grandmother live there isolated (Jewett, 669) and the only people they sometimes meet are a few "farmer-lads of the region" (Jewett, 671).Therefore, especially, Sylvia is very shocked when the strange hunter arrives and does not know how to handle the situation as she first tries to hide from him (Jewett,
A path it is, leading towards the small, lonely farm house in "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett and towards the bungalow of the Burnell family in "At the Bay" by Katherine Mansfield. A path that leads the reader through the homes, the geographies, the characters, and their development in the stories. This essay will only refer to chapters III, V, VI, XI in Mansfield's "At the Bay". Jewett as well as Mansfield contrast in their stories the description of the nature with the feelings of the characters and therefore create a certain atmosphere and mood. This atmosphere has also an influence on the characters mental conditions and developments. Furthermore the time period and the social class status of the characters influence …show more content…
There Stanley and Linda Burnell live with their three girls, their little boy, Linda's mother Mrs Fairfield, Linda's sister Beryl and their servant girl Alice in a bungalow with a huge garden. The different locations are described in a direct way through the narrator and sometimes through speech or thoughts of different characters. Inside the house, only the living room is described, it has a “wide-open window [...][,] yellow varnished walls and bare floor” (Mansfield, 254). On the other hand the estates garden is described in more detail. It has its own path, a big gate (Mansfield, 255) and a flower bed (Mansfield, 275). This evidence and further suggests that the Burnell family is …show more content…
Due to an industrialisation comment in the text (Jewett, 670) the story must take place during the industrialisation between 1865-1918. Another indicator for that time period is the year of publication of "A White Heron" in 1886. Linda comes from one of those manufacturing towns, as they are always very busy and crowded. She does not like it there because Sylvia is a very shy and introverted little girl (Jewett, 670, 678) that likes the peace and quiet of the little farm house and the woods. She and her grandmother live there isolated (Jewett, 669) and the only people they sometimes meet are a few "farmer-lads of the region" (Jewett, 671).Therefore, especially, Sylvia is very shocked when the strange hunter arrives and does not know how to handle the situation as she first tries to hide from him (Jewett,