Snow By Ann Beattie Analysis

Ann Beattie wrote a story called “Snow” in which she tells us about a woman who had a relationship that ended. “Snow” used several universal short story techniques, thus the story shows an outline of what is expected in a short story. “Snow” includes aspects such as characters, a story’s point of view, the type of story and the story’s conflict. Without characters there can be no story, it would just be description with no central point. There must be characters, even just one to form a story. Even if the charact¬er has no name or background story as seen in Anne Beattie’s story “Snow”. There are also several different styles of character an author can deploy in a story. In Beattie’s story the main protagonist is a viewpoint character. This is because you see
Ann Beattie’s story uses a character inner Monologue, the character’s thoughts, to express the story because there is no dialogue between characters to show the story’s progression. The reader will see the story through the character’s eyes and how she feels about each flashback, but also how she reflects on how the other characters may have been feeling about the same situation. This is important because it helps the reader connect and also form an opinion on how to feel and relate to the main character. Beattie also uses an overall theme in her story to also teach a lesson to her reader. Which is also where the reader must use interpretation, interpreting the theme. Everyone will have a different idea what the theme is, no one answer is the true answer. Lastly the reader not only interpret the theme, but other aspects of the story. For instance, they interpret the author’s mood for the story, they look at the description, inner monologue and, the character, etc. Every story is open to