Upon the Sweeping Flood (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Plot: Naturalistic
- Time of Work: Probably the early 1960's
- Setting: Eden County, in an unspecified state
- Principal Characters: Walter Stuart, The girl, The boy
- Genres: Short fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Violence, Human behavior, Survivalism, Floods, Hurricanes, Isolation
The Story
In Eden County, a sheriff's deputy stops Walter Stuart, warns him about a hurricane that is developing, and continues on down the road. Stuart is in a hurry to get home to his wife and two daughters, having spent a week at his father's farm, making arrangements for his father's funeral. Stuart is a district vice president of a gypsum mining plant, a thirty-nine-year-old man who has achieved, quite naturally, success in both finance and love.
A girl of about eighteen and a boy of about thirteen jump into the road by their farmhouse and try to stop another car...
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