Shiloh essays

Shiloh essays Is it ever too late to get your youth back? This is the question that often arises throughout the story of Shiloh. The author, Bobbie Ann Mason uses her words carefully and links together the language, plot, setting, and theme almost perfectly. She is an author that uses a varied of different symbols from the beginning, to the end of the story. She equally developed all her characters and made sure they fit into the story and had some important in it. Characterization in the story Shiloh is very important. It tells you a little insight on who each character is and how they think. Shiloh has two main characters in it that have an effect on the story and its outcome, Leroy and Norma Jean. Leroy is a man that used to drive big rigs for a living. He was always on the road, until one day he got into a bad accident and hurt his leg. Now Leroy sits at home and always tells his wife Norma Jean that he is going to build her a log cabin. Leroy feels sorry for him and doesnt want to get another job. He is content in staying home and doing woman-like roles around the house. He cooks and cleans while Norma supports them with her job. Leroy is very stubborn in his ways and doesnt realize the changes that are going on around him. Norma Jean is a woman who has come to terms with her husband being away and driving his big rig. When Leroy hurts his leg she realizes how well she doesnt really know him. As the days pass, Norma Jean real izes that she wants her youth back. Norma is a strong woman and is growing independent throughout the story, and you can see it in the authors language that she uses. From the first lines in the story you see the roles in the house are reversed by the language that the author Bobbie Ann Mason uses. Norma goes out and works and she likes to lift weights. Leroy, on the other hand, sits at home cooking, cleaning, and needlepoint. Norma is sick of Leroy not working and confron...