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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of perception in "Ethan Frome". Focus is placed upon the way in which tragic personal experiences shape perception. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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tragic past experiences can have upon ones present point of view. When Wharton first portrays Ethan Frome, he is walking through the desolate town of Starkfield at night, by
himself. Here, the author utilizes the literary device of point of view to describe Starkfield not in an objective fashion, but rather as Frome sees it; in this way, the
reader learns not only about the town itself, but about the impact the town has had upon Frome and the way he views the world. In the opening paragraphs of
the text, the night in Starkfield is described as "perfectly still and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold". Earlier passages in the text
have already established the town as a wintry place covered in blankets of snow and prone to endless months of freezing temperatures. The fact that, despite this objective reality of
winter, Frome feels "little sensation of cold" suggests his personal isolation from Starkfield. One immediately gets the impression that Frome does not connect with his place in any meaningful way,
not even to the extent of physically feeling the cold that is obviously present. This notion of Frome being utterly withdrawn and isolated in Starkfield is reinforced by the next
statement, in which "the effect produced on Frome" is described as "rather of a complete absence of atmosphere". In just two sentences, Wharton has skillfully established the total lack of
connection between Frome and his place. In the next sentences in this introductory passage, Frome does form impressions about his surroundings, but he only does so in a way which
relates his experiences to his past defeats and disappointments. For instance, the "absence of atmosphere" is further elaborated as a state in which "nothing less tenuous than ether intervened between
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