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Kate Swift Religion

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Everyone has an untold story waiting to be revealed, some truths that remain hidden. Kate Swift is a young, ordinary, and seemingly average women. At the age of thirty she is still unmarried, alone. Kate was first brought up in the story The Strength of God by Sherwood Anderson. Where she was used as a temptation for Curtis to test his faith. In The Teacher she was used as a enlightenment took for George. Reverend Curtis Hartman, a man of Ggod, lives the ideal life is a reverend. He is immensely devoted to the church and his beliefs. Yet, the Reverend is unhappily married and feels a loss of the spark he once had for his wife and teaching the word of God. One day, a strange coincidence revealed the Reverend's new purpose;. tTo heal a broken …show more content…

“Day by day as she worked in the schoolroom or walked in the streets, grief, hope, and desire fought within her”(Anderson 89). Kate, by day being a teacher by day, is a strong woman, filling knowledge into her students; i. Inspirational, a life changer, like reverend Curtis. However she acts stronger than she really is. As Curtis spots Kate her crying her notices that she’s lonely. Kate finds herself attracted to former students, George for example George. In this chapter Kate calls George to her house to get a book from her that she has been wanting to give to him. Unfortunately it didn't go as planned so, they meet again at the Eagle Post where they kissed, and then suddenly, as they kiss, Kate pulls away and slaps Ggeorge in the …show more content…

George learned a lot from Kateher., Sshe taught him to take advantage of opportunities and to not be afraid to step out of his comfort zone. Kate was passionate about the adult world. When George was over getting the book she looked back to when he was a young boy, and told him the best advice anyone could have given, “You will have to know life” (Anderson 89). By Kate saying this to George what she truly means is.. Weather is used as a symbol in the chapter The Teacher. In the beginning of the chapter, Anderson sets the tone of the chapter as dark and cold, which could lead one to believe that this is how Kate is feeling;, depressed and perhaps empty. Some associate the feeling of cold darkness as being lost in one's thoughts. Kate Swift's life was like a broken record, struck on the same verse, which that verse was her life. Kate finally decided she needed change, and that's when she decided to get involved with George. She concluded the chapter lonely, the same way she

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