ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Woodchips, Tessie, Jeffrey Rowland

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Breid Mc Ilkenny

Document Summary

Private person, reluctant to talk about herself & her work. Wrote for the new yorker while in university. Public was shocked & horrified when it was first published. Appears as if they are gathered for a harmless ritual. Corruption of delacroix corruption of christianity. Village has a carefully structured social structure. Summers (coal business), graves (post-master) and martin (grocer) are the elite. The importance of the scapegoat throughout human history. Occurs on june 27th, midway between the summer solstice & the 4th of july (independence day) Humanity is on the cusp of either. Begins with a utopian allusion, which is quickly shattered. The children mirror the philosophy of the parents. The feeling of liberty sat uneasily on them. Men gather and talk about planting, farm work etc. Are there for what is supposed to be a fun community event, but they are still talking about work. Women and girls are separate from the men/boys, on the periphery.