Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton is widely cited as referring to Summer as the “Hot Ethan” in a letter to a friend, referencing her earlier novel, Ethan Frome. This nickname is granted because the content of the novel centers on Charity and Harney’s relationship, which is based on physical attraction. From their first encounter, Harney’s apparent interest in her appearance…

Dual Enrollment English has been a very beneficial and productive class for me. I have been helpful. Throughout the second semester we’ve written paper about three big papers and I’ll be talking about my experience in writing those papers. Starting with my narrative from the first semester all the way to the last paper the multigenre, Dual Enrollment has prepared me for college and it’s safe to say that I am ready. I’m thankful that this class has showed me an insight of how a college class…

William Faulkner expressed in the banquet speech of his literature Nobel Prize “… the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself […] only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat…” The first one of these two books was Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. In this book the author examines with precision the thoughts of a man fighting with himself between choosing personal selfish happiness or pleasing the people of his town. We can see here the pressure that society can exert…

In August, at the beginning of the semester, I considered myself a thoroughly terrible writer. With time and practice, though, I have gradually gained confidence and skill. Throughout high school, I have assumed that I am a decent reader, with my average expectations; however, I have constantly struggled with translating what I know into intelligible phrases like my peers in gifted English seem to do with ease. Insecurity has always gone hand-in-hand with my writing- not because I am unwilling…

Boat” (1897), “A Dark Brown Dog” (1901), and “A Man Said to the Universe” (1899), Stephen Crane explains the disregard the universe has for humanity and the forces of fate that lead humans to their rightful destiny. Edith Wharton, with her novels “Ethan Frome” (1911) and “Age of Innocence” (1920), exhibits accounts of men with similar shortcomings to the women in which they are betrothed due to their…