The Half-Skinned Steer (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Annie Proulx
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism, regional, frame story
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: Rural Wyoming
- Principal Characters: Mero, Rollo, Tin Head
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Cattle, Twentieth century, Guilt, West, U.S., Brothers, Death or dying, 1990’s, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching, Snow, Wyoming
- Locales: Wyoming
The Story
“The Half-Skinned Steer” is told in the third person with frequent flashbacks that reveal various memories of Mero. The flashbacks function as a story-within-a-story, with the girlfriend of Mero's father serving as the narrative voice of those portions of the larger story. The action is both internal and external, either occurring on or resulting from Mero's journey to Wyoming to witness the burial of his brother.
Mero and Rollo were raised on an impoverished ranch in rural Wyoming. Mero left the ranch to go to war, then eventually permanently left his...
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