The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock) is a reflection of the common feelings that people undergo when their lives are threatened with dislocation. The novel explores the tensions created by the encroaching on the mountaineer’s lives by the Tennessee state authority. The story is even more interesting because it brings in the character of Rick Tyler who is a young man wrongfully accused of a stabbing, who subsequently chooses to flee rather than stay back and fight his case. Tyler turning into a fugitive to fight with the Sheriff is one of the best and finer points of the novel. The overall impression of the novel is that it is very emotive and that elaborates that if threatened people would
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They are aware of each other’s backgrounds and their natures. Further it moves on to introduce yet another character Pa’son Kelsey who is supposed to be a religious man, and somewhere a hint of jealousy exists in Tyler for Kelsey.
The novel moves on to the Sheriff of the county moving in search of Rick Tyler who has been allegedly accused of shooting a person. Cajah Green, the Sheriff has issued a reward for 2 whoever manages to capture Tyler, and the blacksmith manages to capture him but Kelsey reprimands the act and the story entangles a bit from here. The character that would be studied is that of Rick Tyler’s and to understand the basis of this character, the character sketch would be drawn before moving on to understand what is American about this man.
Rick Tyler is a romantic but not a disillusioned person. The opening part of the novel reveals that when he professes his love for Dorinda, he also has a practical approach over the whole thing. He is not a very patient sort of person, and a hint of jealousy is observed in him. He is not just jealous about the Parson’s presence at Dorinda’s house which is natural but somewhere deep inside he is jealous of Parson because Parson was a content person while he was still in search of
They are aware of each other’s backgrounds and their natures. Further it moves on to introduce yet another character Pa’son Kelsey who is supposed to be a religious man, and somewhere a hint of jealousy exists in Tyler for Kelsey.
The novel moves on to the Sheriff of the county moving in search of Rick Tyler who has been allegedly accused of shooting a person. Cajah Green, the Sheriff has issued a reward for 2 whoever manages to capture Tyler, and the blacksmith manages to capture him but Kelsey reprimands the act and the story entangles a bit from here. The character that would be studied is that of Rick Tyler’s and to understand the basis of this character, the character sketch would be drawn before moving on to understand what is American about this man.
Rick Tyler is a romantic but not a disillusioned person. The opening part of the novel reveals that when he professes his love for Dorinda, he also has a practical approach over the whole thing. He is not a very patient sort of person, and a hint of jealousy is observed in him. He is not just jealous about the Parson’s presence at Dorinda’s house which is natural but somewhere deep inside he is jealous of Parson because Parson was a content person while he was still in search of