Norcombe Hill Analysis
This story starts off in Norcombe Hill. Gabriel Oak is a small time farmer with 200 sheep. One day he sees a wagon, with a beautiful woman inside, Bathsheba. He instantly falls in love with her. However he finds that she is quite vain but her flaws don’t deter his love. After meeting her a few times, he goes to her aunt to ask for her hand in marriage; he is however rejected, by her aunt and then Bathsheba as she felt she was above him.
Later on, Gabriel’s sheep dog chases his flock of sheep over the hill, killing most of them. Since Gabriel had bought everything on credit he was forced to sell the remaining sheep, his land and possessions to pay the debt. He was left with the clothes on his back.
He decides to look for work, in his search …show more content…
The author made good use of vocabulary and persuasive tools to create a detailed mental picture of the story. His usage of adjectives makes the story visually appealing, “Between this half-wooded, half-naked hill and the vague still horizon that its summit indistinctly commanded was a mysterious sheet of fathomless shade,” from this, one can see that the author states everything he sees but also describes each aspect of it. He also defines how the touch of things feels, “…how soft it is-being winter time too-not chapped or rough or anything-a velvet soft,” the author brings us many elements: such as physical touch in just the description of a hand, and he similarly describes how things smell and taste, “the cider filled his nostrils with a sharp sting and the sour taste bit back,” one can easily imagine the pungency of this cider. One’s hearing was not left hungry as even this sense was enlivened by the book, “the trees on the left wailed, or chanted to each other in the regular antiphonies of a cathedral choir,” these extracts were not hard to find as imagery was abundant in the book and transported one’s mind into Far From The Madding Crowd. His attention to detail is elaborate and extensive, but slightly over-descriptive, he does not leave enough out to let our imagination play
Later on, Gabriel’s sheep dog chases his flock of sheep over the hill, killing most of them. Since Gabriel had bought everything on credit he was forced to sell the remaining sheep, his land and possessions to pay the debt. He was left with the clothes on his back.
He decides to look for work, in his search …show more content…
The author made good use of vocabulary and persuasive tools to create a detailed mental picture of the story. His usage of adjectives makes the story visually appealing, “Between this half-wooded, half-naked hill and the vague still horizon that its summit indistinctly commanded was a mysterious sheet of fathomless shade,” from this, one can see that the author states everything he sees but also describes each aspect of it. He also defines how the touch of things feels, “…how soft it is-being winter time too-not chapped or rough or anything-a velvet soft,” the author brings us many elements: such as physical touch in just the description of a hand, and he similarly describes how things smell and taste, “the cider filled his nostrils with a sharp sting and the sour taste bit back,” one can easily imagine the pungency of this cider. One’s hearing was not left hungry as even this sense was enlivened by the book, “the trees on the left wailed, or chanted to each other in the regular antiphonies of a cathedral choir,” these extracts were not hard to find as imagery was abundant in the book and transported one’s mind into Far From The Madding Crowd. His attention to detail is elaborate and extensive, but slightly over-descriptive, he does not leave enough out to let our imagination play