Anneth And Easter Analysis

Almost tangible, the lives of three mountain women intensify as mentions of Poplar trees and blooming fields unfold. While being shaped by family, the events that take place around them, and even their communities, Lydia, Anneth, and Easter bring their different perspectives of the world to play. Who are these women and what is their significance to these stories?
Anneth and Easter have grown with an ever present burden of death hanging over them. Taken from them first was their father, then their mother Birdie and slowly their two beloved guardians faded away too. They have been alone in almost an independent sort of way having decided to live on their own but also dependent because of their reliance on one another. This sense of isolation is ever growing while empowering as well as dismantling to Anneth and Easter. Easter has drawn strength from her lonesomeness by rising up above the fear and loneliness and taking up responsibility and standing for her …show more content…
Although Anneth and Easter seem to have a justified reason for their loneliness Lydia is stuck in a sort of purgatory. Lydia has the abundance of family that Anneth and Easter so lack but that same abundance is also a curse. Simply there are too many people in Lydia McQueen's life. Having so many surrounding her Lydia has no time to find her identity as a young adult so she becomes the responsibilities she has been given to gather strength like Easter has seeing as she was deemed caregiver and household keeper to her younger siblings. Yet like Anneth she has a hidden loneliness that lingers within her. Moments when she is alone with nothing to busy herself with Lydia's mind wanders and touches her sadness but is never given the chance to address what holds her inner self captive. Lydia McQueen is moving constantly due to taking care of anyone and anything she can get her hands on while also keeping up her gardening and household