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TITLE:
THE FOX IS AN ANIMAL THAT LIVES IN WOODS
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: REDDISH BROWN AND WHITE FUR AND THICK TAIL
THE FOX REPRESENTS CUNNING AND CLEVERNESS

PLOT:
BANFORD AND MARCH LIVE ON A FARM TOGETHER
ONE DAY MARCH MEETS THE FOX AND IT IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHE IS ATTRACTED BY IT
A YOUNG MAN AND SOLDIER, HENRY LIVES WITH THEM
BANFORD HAS AN INTEREST IN HENRY
HENRY WANTS TO MARRY MARCH
BANFORD DIES
HENRY AND MARCH GET MARRIED

SETTING:
THE STORY IS SET IN 1918 IN ENGLAND IN BALEY FARM
THE SETTING ILLUSTRIATES THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE WAR AND THE CONDITIONS OF LIVE OF TWO WOMEN THAT MANAGE A FARM
THE FARM IS ISOLATED: THAT MEANS THE SEARCH OF PEOPLE TO FIND SECURITY AND PROTECTION IN A WORLD IN WHICH THERE ARE NOT POINTS OF REFERENCE
ATMOSPHERE:
IT İS VERY WARM AND CLOSE BECAUSE THE PROTAGONİSTS LİVE İN A SMALL VİLLAGE, BUT AT THE SAME TİME İT İS UPSET BY THE CRUELTY OF THE FWW, THAT MAKES THE PEOPLE POOR AND DESPERATE WİTHOUT ANY POSİTİVE PERSPECTİVE.

MAIN THEMES:
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP: JEALOUSY, LOYALTY, FIDELITY, SENSITIVITY, SUBMISION, CONDITIONING.
WORK : DIFFICULTIES, OBSTACLER, PATIENCE, CONSTANCY, CARE AND HELP, COLLABORATION
WAR: DEATH, DESTRUCTION, SURVIVAL, POVERTY, SUFFERING, SORROW, PAIN TROUBLES, CHANGES.
REFLECTION: TROUBLES, FEELINGS, DREAMS AND SENSATIONS, VISIONS, PERCEPTIONS, IDEAS

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES:
THE NARRATOR IS A THIRD PERSON OBNISIENT NARRATOR  THE READER IS FREE TO GIVE MEANING TO THE FICTION
USING DESCRIPTIONS TO DESCRIBE CHARACTERS’ PHYSICAL ASPECT
USING THE SIFT OF THE POINT OF VIEW  HE IS INTI CHARACTERS’ MIND
USING THE FREE DIRECT STYLE AND THE FREE INDIRECT STYLE

CHARACTERS:
BANFORD: (PROTOGONIST)
• SHE MANAGES THE FARM WITH MARCH
• SHE DEALS WITH ECONOMICAL BUSINESS
• SHE IS RATIONAL
• SHE IS INTERESTED BY HENRY
MARCH: (PROTOGONIST)
• HER NAME CALLS TO MIND THE THIRD MONTH  IT IS CONNECTED TO MARS, THE GOD OF WAR, AND TO THE WORLD WAR FIRST
• SHE IS MASCULINE
• SHE IS INSTINCTIVE
• SHE IS ATTRACTEDE BY THE FOX  SHE IS EXTRANGED BY IT, BECAUSE THE FOX REPRESENTS INSTINCT AN UNCONSCIOUS
THE FOX: (HENRY)
• IT IS SOMETHING MYSTERIOS, DANGEROUS AND FASCINATING LIK UNCOUNSIOUS
• IT IS AN ANIMAL BUT REORESENTS HENRY
HENRY: (PROTOGONIST)
• HE IS DANGEROUS AND UNKNOWN LIKE THE FOX
• HE IS A PREDATOR LIK THE FOX
• HE IS TENDER AND SEDUCTIVE LIKE A HUNTER
SECONDARY
1 CAPTAIN BERRYMAN
2 BANFORD’S MOTHER AND FATHER
THE MESSAGE:
THE DEFEAT OF REASON REPRESENTED BY BANFORD AN THE VICTORY OF THE INSTINCT REPRESENTED BY MARCH
GIVING MORE IMPORTANCE TO INSTINCT NOT ONLY TO REASON
THE REFLECTION IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMAN AND MAN  WOMAN IF SNUFFED OUT BY MAN