Bert Breen's Barn
Having your own land and being your own boss are the cornerstones of the American Dream. And the cornerstone of land is a barn. And the cornerstone of a barn is…a cornerstone. Basically, farms an...
Bert Breen's Money
For someone who's never actually in the novel, Bert Breen certainly makes an impression by way of his stuff. His barn is the strongest symbol in the book, but his money comes up a fair bit, too. Th...
The Snowstorm
Chapter 13 is all about Tom's scary three-mile walk home from the mill, in the dark, in a raging snowstorm. The snow is a little nod to the regionalism thing going on in the book. With an average o...
Animal Imagery
Not only does the novel personify Drew, Tom's horse, as an observant philosopher (see his "Character" page); it sometimes goes in the opposite direction, with people being described through animal...