Write a 2 page essay on Marilynne Robinsons Housekeeping.The plot fringe is tied to the rail of bridges which goes over the lake, the dark and damp woods which surround the town, and the ties to the l

Write a 2 page essay on Marilynne Robinsons Housekeeping.

The plot fringe is tied to the rail of bridges which goes over the lake, the dark and damp woods which surround the town, and the ties to the lake (Robinson 98).

The narrator is tall and gangly. She is out of place in the town. She is secretive as she has no friend. She observes keenly what goes around and she does not easily interact and engage. Lucille, her younger sister has a sense of direction and is grounded as compared to Ruthie. Lucille makes decisions and delivers orders. They have been forced to live with their doddering aunts and grandmother. They also live with Sylivie, their actual aunt who is kind and recluse. Lucille realizes that she is leading a different life as compared to other people thus moves to stay with a teacher (Emerson). On the other hand, Sylvie and Ruthie stay on in the strange house.

The two are noted by the town people as they travel from an excursion to the wilderness on a train. Sylivie allows the house to a fall into due to her strange way of guardianship. Ruthie is pitied by the locals. The Sherriff makes a hearing to decide whether Sylivie is fit to be Ruthie’s caregiver (Robinson 102). The two leave the town thus are believed to be dead. They continue to linker around the criss-crossing trains.

I am displaced as the story closes. The narrator has tried to be an ethereal. In addition, the dialogue in this story seems jagged and broken. For instance, there are some critical moments when the two girls are left under the care of their two aged aunts. the forth and back between these parties bemuses me. According to Emerson, the author has creatively created a conversation which has fluidity. The two aunts piece their thoughts and later bounce their ideas off the other. Sylivie’s character is depicted in a strange manner. During actions, she elucidate eccentricities for instance the hoarding tendency and speaks to the two girls. She is just and