Compare And Contrast Ree Dolly In Winter's Bone

In Winter’s Bone, Ree Dolly, a brave, fearless 17 year old girl is faced with many obstacles throughout her life. She is the oldest child of three and is put in a position as a “mother” figure to her two younger siblings. Ree Dolly can be best compared to with the great Geat hero, Beowulf. In Beowulf, we see a fearless Geat who after hearing of the monstrous Grendel attacking the King of the Danes, Hrothgar, travels in pursuit of saving him. Both these characters show many of the same characteristics but they also contrast in some situations.
Ree lives in the rural Ozarks with her mother and her two younger siblings. Ree has taken on the responsibilities as a “mother” to her younger siblings due to her mother being ill. She shows all mother qualities when it comes to her siblings. She teaches them how to hunt and how to cook. R ee is faced with an obstacle in the book when her father, Jessup, is arrested for the containment of drugs. After he is out on bail, he makes a bond that if he
They both face obstacles that appear to be impossible but overcome them. In the process of their missions, they teach others how to be fearless, responsible, and protective over the things that matter the most to them. They both have a person alongside them that stands with them in the end for Ree that's her uncle Teardrop and for Beowulf its Wiglaf, who stands by his side when he is faced with the challenge of the dragon. Ree was challenged when she was severely beaten by the Milton women and Beowulf was challenged when he needed to fight off Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. Although Beowulf appears to have had a greater challenged than Ree, we need to see that Ree is only a teenager. She wasn’t suppose to grow up and be a caretaker for her mother, go on a scavenger hunt for her father who turned out to be dead and most important be a mother for her two younger