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Appalachian Women Writer

Reactions to Harriette Arnow

The most apparent element of Harriete Arnow 's writing was the realism with which she conveyed setting and characterization . Arnow used realistic s of place and women characters to great effect in The First Ride ' and Hunter 's Horn . This essay briefly examines the of place in both works , with these s having different functions , and looks at how women characters are characterized similarly in both works

Realism in terms of locale is a characteristic of all of Arnow 's work (Allameh , 1997 . In Hunter 's Horn , Arnow

's of the hilly setting in rural Kentucky contrasts sharply with what Lureenie wants to experience in the city . Lureenie 's words , written in dialect , draw attention to the trees , wind , hills , and lack of sunlight that make her feel isolated , shut off from the outside world . Suse , in contrast , views escaping the landscape as a personal challenge : she shrugged her shoulders and smiled at the hill as the strong smile at the threats of the weak (p . 40

In The First Ride ' Arnow identified each kind of tree , plant , or flower encountered on the ride (pine , beech , black gum , willows , holy roses , etc , the mentioning of various smells (spring , pine , corn etc , the location of hills and mountains , and the s of the road , creek , wind , and moon . Through these s , I became fully immersed in the narrator 's ecstatic first ride on Rebel . In fact , I was so taken in by the scene that...

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