snow by ann beattie essay

"Snow" is a short story in which Ann Beattie, the author, presents an often unheard of view of her lover. The main character, experiences the heart warming of love towards her lover rather than the desolation of loneliness after her lover doesn’t come back. Later, when the lady learns that her lover is still out there, she knows that all hope of her lover coming back is still there. The crushing disappointment kills her that her lover just left her out there all alone for the winter. Published in

For my performance, the short story I presented was “Snow” by Ann Beattie this short story was beautifully written. (Simpson and Henderson 143) Before I performed I did my research on Ann Beattie, so then I can have a better understanding that is Ann Beattie, and why did she write this specific short story? In addition to that Ann Beattie states, “ I was only a child. It is often true of only children that they become watchers because they belong to small families and re tightly bounded to those

triangles, being blinded, dysfunctional family g. Cassandra: refusing to hear the truth h. A wronged woman gone violent in her grief and madness—Aeneas and Dido or Jason and Medea i. Mother love—Demeter and Persephone 10. It’s more than just rain or snow a. Rain i. fertility and life ii. Noah and the flood iii. Drowning—one of our deepest fears b. Why? i. plot device ii. atmospherics iii. misery factor—challenge characters iv. democratic element—the rain falls on the just and the unjust alike c. Symbolically