The Weeping Fig
The Weeping Fig is story about a man, who found his great-grandmother’s diary and became absorbed by it. Therefor he went to see the place, his great-grandmother Ellen and great-grandfather Stephen Condon lived.
Mrs. Hastings seems very abolished, as if she is better than other people. In a way she bullies Bertha. The housekeeper Bertha is hideously dressed and half-limping on a withered leg. Mrs. Hastings tells Mr. Condon, that Bertha never had married, and he could see why, when Bertha came to the room. Mrs. Hastings appears as a city girl and kind of a snob. She is wearing an enormous feathery pink hat, and big showy hats is, as far as I know, a characteristic for the rich people at a derby, just to mention one example. She is married, and she thinks, that they live too far from everything. She misses living in the city, like she used to.
Ellen and Stephen Condon’s life on the farm was marked by loneliness, hard work, death and semi-starvation. Ellen and Stephen Condon married each other, when Ellen was 17 years old. Three years later they moved to Hambleton. Stephen built a home for them, but they had a rough time. They had three kids, but two of the passed away – a boy and a girl. The girl was named Jane, and the boy died at birth. They were both buried under a fig tree, which Ellen had brought from their previously home and surprisingly kept alive all the way to Hambleton. By the time Ellen had turned 22 she died. Stephen Condon’s venture on the farm had not succeeded, and all he had left was the only remaining son. Therefore he in 1865 left with his son and rode 300 miles with his son in a packsaddle to northern port, which is also the place he died.
The landscape plays a big part of the story. Mr. Condon is trying to find his roots, and because he has read his great-grandmother’s diary, he has got a strong connection to the place and wants to feel home. But several times Mr. Condon feels defeated by the landscape. He has a hard time coping with the
Mrs. Hastings seems very abolished, as if she is better than other people. In a way she bullies Bertha. The housekeeper Bertha is hideously dressed and half-limping on a withered leg. Mrs. Hastings tells Mr. Condon, that Bertha never had married, and he could see why, when Bertha came to the room. Mrs. Hastings appears as a city girl and kind of a snob. She is wearing an enormous feathery pink hat, and big showy hats is, as far as I know, a characteristic for the rich people at a derby, just to mention one example. She is married, and she thinks, that they live too far from everything. She misses living in the city, like she used to.
Ellen and Stephen Condon’s life on the farm was marked by loneliness, hard work, death and semi-starvation. Ellen and Stephen Condon married each other, when Ellen was 17 years old. Three years later they moved to Hambleton. Stephen built a home for them, but they had a rough time. They had three kids, but two of the passed away – a boy and a girl. The girl was named Jane, and the boy died at birth. They were both buried under a fig tree, which Ellen had brought from their previously home and surprisingly kept alive all the way to Hambleton. By the time Ellen had turned 22 she died. Stephen Condon’s venture on the farm had not succeeded, and all he had left was the only remaining son. Therefore he in 1865 left with his son and rode 300 miles with his son in a packsaddle to northern port, which is also the place he died.
The landscape plays a big part of the story. Mr. Condon is trying to find his roots, and because he has read his great-grandmother’s diary, he has got a strong connection to the place and wants to feel home. But several times Mr. Condon feels defeated by the landscape. He has a hard time coping with the