Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dime Novel Topic
I would write about how Joe may have a been a young and sort of disturbed boy at first, but his will to survive and to protect what he thought was good was second to none. You understand early on in the novel his will to survive was unrivaled by most on the frontier and he was extremely crafty when it came to making the best of his possessions, which was a main key to survival back then. He really had no problem with killing Indians, so I would also try and touch on the fact maybe his childood trauma involved Indans and explore that route pyschologically.
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So this story becomes an examination into what it takes to survive in the West. Each character trait becomes part of the survival package...interesting. If you write on this, be sure to pay special attention to the scenes where he must decide between different courses of action. What alternatives does he weigh and which does he choose? Is there an underlying pattern to the decisions he makes? In other words, is there a common trait guiding each decision that might serve as the lynch pin for your essay?
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