Although writing has evolved over many years, one similarity can be found that was carried throughout many generations. Different writers originating from many different time periods have always incorporated family relationships into different writings. These relationships can contribute to a personality in both positive or negative ways. For example, in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the older sister volunteers to put her life in extreme danger to save her younger sister. Another example can be found in the popular, well-known folk tale Cinderella, where the main character, Cinderella, is forced to live a hard, gloomy life because her stepmother loathes her. Many family relationships can be located in Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns, and all the of them …show more content…
The relationship created by Grandpa and Uncle Camp, as well as the one created by Will and Miss Love both contribute to the main theme that family relationships can impact the personalities of close ones.
Grandpa Blakeslee and Camp do not seem to get along. Camp is the husband of Aunt Loma, Grandpa ’s daughter. Loma’s dream was to either become a writer or an actor. She went to college to study theater and poetry, and she was presented with the opportunity to escape with some actors to pursue an acting career. Her father, Mr. Blakeslee, halted her getaway and forced her to stay in Cold Sassy. Out of anger and vengeance, Aunt Loma married the lower class farmer Campbell Williams. Campbell comes from a farming family, so he is uneducated. He is very slow and lazy, but has a kind hearted soul and loved Loma dearly; but that is not what Grandpa desired in a son in law. Grandpa hates Camp for being so lazy, unproductive, and almost seeming like a stain on the family name. One day, Grandpa makes Camp roll a keg of nails from one end of the