Caroline I feel is just different then her sisters, maybe something triggered her to want to be different, something she seen as a child or something she noticed that she didnt like, but from the beginning you could just tell she was completely different then her sisters from the way Ginny decscribes her throughout the story. she kind of describes her as in assertive and ambitious young lady, a person you knew wouldnt be living her whole as a simple farm wife , but as a farmer as she stated in the text. I feel as Caroline jsut wanted more for herself, which is why she happens to be so distant from her family;I aslo feel as if there is something specific that drove her to be this way, as well as drove her other sisters to act the way they do throughout the story.
I feel liek Caroline is meant to come off as a bad person due to various reasons. For example not taking the land that was offered to her, being distant from her father and her sisters. I feel like at this point the author has made Caroline seem like she has just abandoned her family for a better life, but me personally I feel as if there is alot more to what we have read so far.When it comes to Caroline not taking the land i look at that more as her making a decison for herself, I dont really see it as being ungrateful or defiant, but her taking a stand for herself and not just doing what her dad wanted her to do. Im honestly just starting to see her more as an independent women other than an bad person.
I agree that in the beginningof the story, Caroline is portrayed as a "bad"character. She is shown questioning her father's proposal, and sends the family into a spiral of disfunction over what simpoly could have been solved by just appeasing her father. However, as the story progresses we begin to see her logic and sensibility as the farm begins to fall apart and her role and appearence begin to change from "bad" to a strong woman.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how Caroline is being portrayed as if she abandoned her family for a better life, but were starting to see that she really does care about her father. Caroline tells Ginny that if she was still on the farm then things would be different. I think Caroline disagrees with the choices her sisters have made but she still loves her father and wants the best for him.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea that Caroline is being portrayed by the author in a different way then she may in reality be feeling. Rather than being an uncaring person she rather has a strong will and chooses to think things through instead of acting impulsively and for some reason her sisters and Larry find this to be a negative quality.
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