Winter's Bone Analysis

Essay Assignment 2
October 7th, 2012
Draft 2 (Final)

Winter's Bone

I would like to start off saying I really enjoyed this book so far. I really like the text, and description it shows. There is a lot of realistic experience in the book that helps me create my visual of the book. “They didn’t do nothin’! They didn’t do a goddamned thing! What the hell’re you tryin’ to pull?” Most books are cheesy written, and worded. This book was different, and really fit into my interest. I usually find it hard to get into a book, an reading a lot of the time makes me sleepy. I was able to adapt to this book quickly to gain a lot of questions an wondering what was going to happen next.
The Ozarks is a interesting place that helps shape the lives
He comes home and leaves “promising he’d be back soon as he could with a paper sack of cash and a trunkload of delights.” Ree is left with the tasks of chopping wood and making sure there is food on the table for everyone, which is usually the man of the house’s job. He had told her to not even look for him until “you see my face.” (Chpt 1) Then, when the kids get home from school riding in Sheriff Baskins’ patrol car, the sheriff asks her if she has seen Jessup and informs her that he put the land and house up for the bail. If Jessup didn’t show up for court, they would be poor and
Teardrop came over. When he realizes he needed to help his brother’s family. He lets Ree know that the police found Jessup’s car burnt, but he wasn’t in it. He also gave them more money to help out. He then also gave her the advice of selling of the timber on their land before the bail bondsman came to throw them out of the house, but Ree still thinks that it won’t happen. Teardrop starts talking about times before when things were good and family all got along. Ree goes to town to get some groceries and is getting to the point of believing her father is dead but trying to figure out why. “Either he stole or he told. Those are the things they kill you for.” Gail told her. (Chpt