In the Region of Ice (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: The Midwest
- Principal Characters: Sister Irene, Allen Weinstein
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
The Story
Sister Irene is praying for the energy and resolve to get through her first semester of teaching at the Jesuit university at which she has arrived. Although she is fully confident of her teaching ability and her vocation as a nun, she is somewhat anxious and timid about the world outside her classroom, which frequently startles and confuses her. Two weeks after the semester begins, a new and impetuous young man turns up in her class. In a breach of classroom etiquette, he interrupts her as she attempts to answer his not altogether relevant question, so she asks to...
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