Document Type
Freshman Seminar Essay
Publication Date
1984
Excerpt
In her novel Yonnondio, Tillie Olsen shows nature in two opposing ways: Nature is an escape from the harshness of reality and yet a source of destruction, death and desperation personified as a monster or evil being. Both these views dominate the lives of the Holbrook family: the forces of nature destroy the hopes and dreams of the family; yet, ironically, in nature they find relief, hope, and pleasure.
Recommended Citation
Wissmueller, Erica, "Two Views of Nature (1984)" (1984). The Valpo Core Reader. 534.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/534
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