The Ram in the Thicket (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wright Morris
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: June 23, in a year near the end of World War II
- Setting: A town in Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: Roger Ormsby, Violet Ormsby, Virgil Ormsby
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Values, Family or family life, World War II, Death or dying
- Locales: Pennsylvania
The Story
“The Ram in the Thicket” falls into three sections, each distinguished by the point of view assumed by the third-person narrator: In the relatively long first section, told from the point of view of Roger Ormsby, Roger awakens in the morning, prepares breakfast, and calls Violet, his wife, of whom he habitually thinks as “Mother”; in the second section, told from Mother's point of view, she arises and dresses; in the third section, which returns to Mr. Ormsby's point of view, the two of them eat breakfast and prepare to leave for the ceremony at which Mother...
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