ETHAN FROME

who is the narrator? why is he in starkfield?

engineer, rebuilding powerpoint

who does he notice and what are his inital thoughts of this person?

ethan, has a limp, very tall, scar on his face, wants to know more about ethans story

who does he talk to to learn more about this person?

harmen gow, a taxi driver, drives everyone so he knows gossip

what major life event do we larn about but know nothing about?

the smash up and all we know is ethan is involved

why does the narrator let ethan borrow his copy of Popular Science?

ethan is extremely interested in science, used to study it, narrator wants to gain his trust

who is denis eady?

wealthly young man who owns a grocery shop

why is ethan looking through the window at the dance?

watching mattie dance

how does ethan feel about mattie? how does he feel about denis dancing with her?

he likes mattie and he is mad denis is dancing with her

where does mattie live? how does zeena feel about her?

lives with the fromes, wants her out of the house because she realizes mattie likes her

what does mattie do for work? is she good at it?

she is a maid for the fromes and takes care of zeena, she is not good at job because ethan is doing her work for her and he dosent want her to get fired

what did ethan study in college?

science

why doesnt mattie accept denis’s offer to take her home?

ethan would walk back home by himself

desribe there walk home (where does ethan live)?

lives two miles outside of the town, happy about the walk because ethan puts his arm around her and she does not move it

what does ethan think of when he passes the grave stones?

he is going to stay at that house forever, trapped

what does the missing key signifiy?

zeena opens the door, shes aware of ethan putting his arm around mattie and she is being passive aggressive

why dosent ethan want mattie to see him follow zeena upstairs?

hes following what zeena tells him to do

how is zeena described?

always moody, never happy, tired and old looking

what does ethan think about as he lays in bed unable to sleep?

wishing that he kissed mattie

why does starkfield revigorate mattie?

breath of fresh air and it gives her a new oppurtunity

describe matties past.

parents died, dad owned a pharmacy thinking he was rich so they threw a big funeral for him and later found out that he managed his money poorly so she sold a piano for 50 bucks

why does mattie live with the fromes now? how much does she make at her first job?

lving with fromes and getting food and living there is her pay

what major announcement does zeena make the next morning? how does ethan feel about the trip intially? why?

shes going out of town to see a new doctor, hew thinks it is going to cost a lot of money

why does he change his mind? how does he get out of taking zeena to the train station?

he realizes that he will be with mattie all alone so he says he has to pick up money from andrew hale and jothem takes zeena instead

what does ethan think about all day long?

getting home to mattie

what happened to ethans father and mother? how did he meet zeena?

mother was dying while zeena was taking care of her, only married zeena because it was winer time and he wasnt in the right state of mind

what profession did ethan want to pursue?

engineering in florida

why does he visit andrew hale and what happens in this visit?

to get cash but andrew did not have the cash yet

what does ethan think of when he sees ned and ruth hale?

suprised to see them together and being open about there relationship

descibe the scene when ethan gets home

mattie has prepared dinner for ethan, his favorite meal

what does the cat do? how do ethan and mattie react?

he breaks the pickle dish, ethan is calm while mattie is frantic

describe matties feelings about zeena

she is scared of her

why dont they go sledding?

it is too dark to see

what regret does ethan have at the end of the night?

he regrets not kissing mattie

what is ethan like the next day?

happy

what does he assure mattie of?

that hell fix the pickle dish

descibe the events after he leaves the house.

horses escape, cant stack the lumber becuase it is raining, cant find glue from denis so has to go to a different store

who is at the frome house when ethan returns?

zeena

why dosent jothem stay for dinner?

he could tell something was going on and he did not want to be the middle man of the situation

what did the doctor suggest zeena do? what will this result in, how does ethan react?

hire a maid, firing mattie, ethan says it will be a lot of money

how does zeena react when ethan mentions the reaction of the towns people?

he dosent really care

what does ethan do when he tells mattie?

kisses her and tells her that everything is going to be alright

how is zeena during dinner? what does she discover?

she is pretty happy but dosent feel well so she goes and takes a pill, she comes back to see the broken pickle dish

what does she call mattie?

a bad girl

what does ethan discover when he returns home from his chores?

letter from mattie saying no trouble ethan

throughout the night ethan had thought about leaving zeena in fact what did her write?

wrote a letter saying he was leaving zeena

why couldnt ethan go through with this idea?

someone from the town did that to their wife

what happens on his way to andrew hales?

mrs hale tells ethan that he has done a great job with the farm and complients him

what does ethan confirm with mattie?

he confesses his love towards her

where does ethan find mattie a little while later?

mattie is in the room where ethan wrote the note, jotem was supposed to take mattie but ethan ends up taking her

what has she found? does she tell ethan intially?

she finds the note but waits later to tell him

what does mattie reveal on the way to the train station?

the note

what do they do? what does mattie suggest?

they go sledding, suggest that they should run into big elm tree so they could spend everyday of their lives together forever

why does ethan change his mind? what is the result?

je says yes but then starts to think about zeena then swerves the sled which causes them to flip off, mattie is paralyzed and ehtan has a big scar on his face

where is the narrator which no one else has seen in years?

inside the fromes household

descibe zeena now

really old and miserable

who else is there? descibe this person

mattie, in chair and parlyzed, not youthful, turns out like zeena

describe zeena health condition? what changed?

is a hypochondriact, she becomes well which is a miracle some people say

descibe ethans life now

lives with mattie, not the mattie he pictured though so he kind of got what he wished for