Residents and Transients Essays and Criticism

Residents and Transients | Essays and Criticism

Protagonist's Fear of Adulthood
In the following essay, the author examines the protagonist’s fear of adulthood in ‘‘Residents and Transients.’’
Symbol and Voice in Bobbie Ann Mason’s Residents and Transients
In the following essay, the author discusses thematic and stylistic aspects of the story.
Main Character's Desire to Hang Onto Her Memory
In the following essay, the author considers the main character’s desire to hang onto her memories of her family farmhouse and small Southern hometown way of life, which is rapidly slipping away from her.
Downhome Feminists in Shiloh and Other Stories
In the following excerpt, the author examines the qualities of Mason’s heroines: their socio-economic status among the rural poor of Kentucky and their feminist struggle to achieve ‘‘breathing space in their relationships with their men.’’
Stopping Places: Bobbie Ann Mason’s Short Stories
In the following excerpt, the author emphasizes the struggles of Mason’s heroines in facing change and their impulses either to cling to the security of the past or to look for something better in a new life.