The story starts off with Olaf argueing with the sheriff about burying his wife on their property, which is against the law there. Once the sheriff makes his point about why he can't bury Inge on the farm, Olaf just sits by his wife and thinks. As he sits by her, he starts to look back and remember their marriage. Even though their marriage was arranged, it worked wonderfully and turned sweetly into love and companionship. At first, the marriage began horribly and seemed like a mistake to both of them at the time, the local authorities made …show more content…
When they slowly dropped Inge down into her grave, he doesn’t say much at all except “No, I’ll wait here until the boys are finished, you go on ahead.” Otherwise its just him standing there thinking about the future. He is standing on his farm in a spot in the middle of the field. A spot where the wheat would soon grow taller, and more golden than the rest. Because of the gravestone made of wheat.
To conclude, Olaf Leif Torvik is an older farmer who had just recently lost his wife. He wants to bury her on the farm “where she belongs”. He is threatened by the law that says he cannot do so, but does it anyways even if he could face consequences. After a long time of thinking about it, he decides to bury his beloved wife Inge in the middle of the wheat field with a gravestone made out of wheat. I respect Olaf as a character and think he is very admirable as a person for always being a great person/husband to