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Could you ever imagine living your entire life in the same town and if you try to leave something will keep bringing you back. In the novel, Ethan Frome, the main character Ethan Frome lives his life in this way. Through his silence, isolation, and illusions he ....

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.... his life he lived in Starkfield because Zeena did not want to leave. He was also isolated himself from the truth, he kept secrets about his love for Mattie Silver and the way he truly feels about Zeena. Around the end of the book I discovered more about Ethan’s emotions and feelings. A silence is created because he hides everything inside and does not express himself or share his feelings. He keeps to himself, thinks a lot, wants to leave Starkfield but does not say anything. “He did not know why he was so irrationally happy, for nothing was changed in his life or hers. He had not even touched the tip of her fingers or looked her full in the ....