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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks: Book Review
Year of Wonders
“The plague will make heroes of us all… and these times, they do make monsters of us all. The plague brings out the very best and very worst in people” is this how you see Year of Wonders? ‘Year of Wonders written by Geraldine Brooks creates an extraordinary sense of perception between the ordinary situations…
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Analysis
Year of Wonders
Mompellion is a man who follows his God unselfishly and courageously’ Discuss Geraldine Brooks portrays Mompellion as a complicated and imperfect man who unfavorably leads Eyam through his concept of God’s ways. The “casket of gold” which God had sent to Eyam was used to “refine” the population was Mompellion’s view of the plague as…
Year of Wonders – Jon Milston the Sexton
Year of Wonders
The world works in mysterious ways. This class has determines that people must be able to adapt to environmental changes if they are to survive. The inability to adapt has proven to be the collapse of a particular society time and time again. This essay traces the rise of Cahokia and Chaco Canyon and the…
Year of Wonders Elinor Is the Real Hero Topics Analysis
Hero
Year of Wonders
Intro 1. When the plague comes to the town of Eyam in the book; Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, we see many interesting reactions from the residents. The most interesting and maybe contrasting to the times is the reactions of Anna Frith, but is she really the hero of the hour? When one looks…
| author | Geraldine Brooks |
|---|---|
| genre | Historical Fiction |
| originally published | 2001 |
| characters | Anys Gowdie, George Viccars, Mem Gowdie, Aphra Bont, Elizabeth Bradford |
| quotations | “I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world as he illuminated it, the light in my own mind rekindled.” “My Tom died as babies do, gently and without complaint. |
| information | Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague is a 2001 international bestselling historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks. It was chosen as both a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book. Pages: 400 pp Plot: When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna’s eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition., |
