Sep 7, 2008

Sorrow-Acre | Topics for Further Study

What is the significance of the sickle engraved on the stone marker at the end of "Sorrow-Acre'' ? Does the sickle have a symbolic function?

Evaluate the arguments Adam's uncle gives in favor of making the widow Piil finish the entire field. Are they persuasive? Would your opinion be different if she had lived?

Adam decides not to go to America. How would the reader's impression of the uncle be affected if Adam had made good on his threat and left?

The reader learns that Sophie-Magdalena is unhappy, then she disappears from the story. Why? Is her story complete?

What is the...