Introduction to Fiction Final Paper :: English Literature Essays

Introduction to Fiction Final PaperIntroductionI will try to show that Fenstads mother is going with a changeduring this story. At first she is described as a strong independentwoman very active social in lead of things. She is not acceptingthings as they are she tries to change the things that seem wrong toher. However, gradually we are starting to see her as an old woman whohates her age. A woman, who has a hard time excepting her age and allthe downsides of it, a woman whose physical condition is parallel toher mental and emotional state, who needs help doing things which juvenile people do without any effort. It seems that during the storyFenstad and his mother change places. Once he was dependent on her andnow gradually we see that she is more and more dependent of her son.Fenstads mother is gradually going through the process of acceptingher age and the changes she is going trough consequently. It isdifficult for her at first however at long last she stops beingpreoccupied with the past and what she once was. She comes to termswith her life and learns to appreciate and enjoy the little (simple)pleasures of life, like music. The name of this fiction story isFenstads stick, the record book mother is written with a capital letterwhich sometimes can mean a woman in charge of some community. Thisdescription is equal for her character as it is described at thebeginning of the story. Clara Fenstads going to her sons class,meeting the people that took this class, listening to them and beingloved and appreciated by them helps her through this period. unitary ofthis people influenced her very much and was responsible for one ofthe various changes she went through. The fact that Fenstads motherlearned to accept him as he made them closer and happier.Fenstads MotherAt the beginning of the story Fenstads mother is shown like a strongand active woman. She is very much involved in the things that happenaround her. She is reformist and social. Fenstads mother wa s alife long social progressive (p.115). She is not taking seriouslyher sons churchgoing, was amused by her sons churchgoing. She hadspent her life in the lodge of rebels and deviationists, and sherecognized all their styles. (p.115). She is very logical andattentive, She glanced down at his trousers, damped with melted snow.Youve been skating (p.116) she is aware of her sons habits, butnot necessary approves of them. She sneers her sons behavior andlooking for slips in it.