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The Stone Angel - Online Term Paper

The Stone Angel

Anger and disappointment can be a source of many things. Hagar's
anger and disappointment can be seen from her guilt and her criminal ways.
Through Hagar's guilt she feels anger for what she did and disappointment
for what could have been.
In the first paragraph of the book when she is telling about the
stone angel on her mother's grave she states, "I wonder if she stands there
yet, in memory of her who relinquished her feeble ghost as I gained my
stubborn one…". (p. 3) Hagar's stubborn personality is the stem of most of
her anger and crimes. One of Hagar's first crimes was when her brother,
Daniel, was dying. Hagar was unable to grant him the comfort Matt gave.
Hagar would not put ...

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college to become a proper lady, Hagar wanted to teach school but her
father wouldn't allow it. Hagar, instead, kept her father's accounts and
played hostess. Hagar meets Bram Shipley three years later and decides to
marry him. Her father does not approve of the marriage, but Hagar marries
Bram in a spirit of willful pride. Hagar's father does not speak to her
ever again. When entering the marriage with Bram, she expected that she
could change him into the image that she wanted him to be. By doing this,
Hagar denied Bram the affection and sharing which might have made him less
rebellious and despairing. Hagar didn't consider Marvin, her first born,
her son because he was a Shipley, therefore he was not hers. Through this,
Hagar denied Marvin the love that he sought as a child, impatiently
dismissing his slowness of speech and lack of natural charm. After this,
Hagar sought to rule the life of her son, John, trying to fashion him in
the image that was desirable to her, and ...

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Added: 9/30/2005 01:19:42 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 855
Pages: 4

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