Death in the Woods

Death in the Woods was a good title to help set the mood. It tells a reader right away what is going to happen in the story, but still leaves the story open as to how the death will occur, and why it will occur.

The story takes place in the post civil-war south. Due to this the area is now economically poor. The town the story took place was a nondescript small town, with the general small town layout of shops side by side and streets crowded by people. Everybody knew everybody, and the unknowns were outcasts.

The farm that the main character, Mrs. Grimes, lived on was a very poor one. Jake Grimes, Mrs. Grimes’ husband did not take care of anything. Their son John was no help either. Mrs. Grimes did everything with the farm. She fed all of the animals. If anything had to be done on the farm, it was up to her to do it, and if she was slow on anything Jake and John would take it out on her. The only sources of income on the farm were the animals and

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She was this way because all of the family she ever had was cruel to her, and the people of the town knew the situation at the Grimes household but never did anything about it. The chickens were few, and hardly ever laid eggs. Grimes is a very poor person, who has to strive for everything, while she is being mistreated, and has no escape. Grimes to get help with her situation. The cow quit giving milk, the pigs were never fat enough to be butchered, and the dogs would fend for themselves if she did not feed them, but they still depended on her. This made her walk home even harder. When she came into town she would!

not speak to anyone if she did not have to. Except for one thing, which is death. This made things even worse for now she would not have any eggs to trade at the grocer for any more food. This makes it seem like she is very disliked by everybody, even the people who didn’t even know her

Towards the end of the story, it was very cold and snowy. She got much of her work that she could possibly do and set out. The men of the farm took the only buggy to go get drunk and steal stuff.

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Approximate Word count = 822
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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