In The Lake Of The Woods By Tim O Brien Analysis

In the Lake of the Woods Analysis

In chapter one of the poem, Tim O’Brien begins by introducing two unnamed characters who, indeed after the aftermath of a primary election, the audience learn that they decide to rent a cottage in what the author refers to as Lake of the Woods. The area surrounding the cottage has no people or towns. However, the same cottage has a beautiful view in terms of a lake facing to the north of Canada. The two unnamed characters came to the place in sought of solitude and togetherness. From this perspective, O’Brien develops his fiction story from a point of uncertainty. The audience does not know who the two characters are and the same applies to their activities, and as we learn later in the story, the readers come

Although the narrator does not explain further, it is apparent that the two characters do not have sex even though they tried it earlier and did not work out well. However, the characters try to cheer up each other even though one of them had lost an election, and they both secretly acknowledge that the loss was crushing one. Instead of concentrating on the loss in the primary elections, the characters concentrate on their potential names for children. Although it is a sad time in their lives, the characters are trying hard to find happiness. Considering this scenario, it is evident that O’Brien is developing his characters through the evident tension between their appearances in the way they act and their feelings. Although the audience just met these characters, they have a sense that what lies beneath their appearance is something complicated to explain. However, towards the end of the chapter, we learn that they are the characters are looking for places to travel before we learn of Kathy wanting to visit Verona while John Wade confides with her plans. This idea sets the stage for chapter

Kathleen Terese Wade has a sister with a next of kin, John Wade. As the story progresses, O’Brien develops his characters by indicating that Kathleen is the director of Admissions at the University of Minnesota. A colleague f Kathleen in the name of Bethany Kee is also introduced. From this point on, the evidence and the information about Kathleen disappears. The issues such as height, weight, and hair among others is almost comical since it tells us almost nothing and almost everything regarding the disappearance of