Analysis Of Winter's Bone By Daniel Woodrell

In Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell, Ree Dolly must find her father in order to keep their house. Early in the book, Woodrell makes it very obvious that family is most important in these areas. Even the members of the extended family treat one another like brothers and sisters. Throughout the story, it is clear that not only does Ree love her family, but she could not live without them. And the family could not live without her. Ree’s responsible for her two little brothers, Sonny and Harold Dolly. Ree taking almost the father figure in the family is proof that family is key in the Ozarks. Also, Woodrell makes makes it clear that friends are just as important to people, as family members are. Early in the book, Daniel Woodrell makes it pretty

Uncle's, and aunt's, second cousins, pretty much anyone. In the Ozarks, there is a lot of incest. As a result of this, almost everyone in the area is in some way related. During her adventure to find her father she wishes to go visit Thump Milton. When Thump Milton’s wife answers the door, she doesn’t allow Ree to speak to her husband. Ree then tries to justify it by saying “I am a Dolly! Some of our blood at least is the same. That’s s’posed to mean somethin’ ain’t that what is always said?” This shows how much these people treasure family. To incent them by telling them that they have the same blood is truly interesting. In these parts, everyone that lives in your immediate area is a family member to you. Weather you are actually blood related is irrelevant, nevertheless family is taken to a whole new

He also wanted his readers to understand the importance of friendship, and how close friends are as important as family. Ree is childhood best friends with a girl named Gail. Ree and Gail’s friendship stalled a little when Gail was pregnant. But after Ree had talked to Gail, Gail was always by Ree’s side, wanting to help every step of the way. Gail also had an infant child, so to care so much about a friend during a time in need says a lot. After the birth of baby Ned, Ree could sense Gail was different. “Gail had a baby named Ned who was four months old, and a new look of baffled hurt, a left-behind sadness, like she saw that the great world kept spinning onward and away while she'd overnight become glued to her spot.” To drop everything, and help Ree shows a lot about Gail’s character, and love for Ree. Gail is more like a family member than a friend, more like a sister than anything else. However, as the story progressed, the reader got more of the feeling that Ree didn’t want Gail to go back to her husband. But rather to come a experiment with Ree. We see this when the two kissed. It was the first time Ree had ever kissed a “man.” It seemed as if Ree wanted to be more than friends with Gail. “The first time Ree kissed a man it was not a man, but Gail acting as a man, and as the kissing progressed and Gail acting as a man pushed her backwards onto a blanket of pine needles in shade and slipped her