Close Range | Characters
Proulx's characters are remarkable for their familiarity—they seem like real people. Each character, it seems, is a tool for Proulx to meditate on human nature; each faces a particular struggle dealt with, one imagines, as anyone might.
Many of the struggles faced by Proulx's characters involve family relations. Mr. and Mrs. Tinsley face a peculiar struggle in "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water." Their son, Ras, is horribly disfigured in a car accident. In spite of his helplessness and the contempt he showed for them before his accident, his mother and father take him...
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