Realism in Patricia MacLachlan’s Sarah, Plain and Tall :: Sarah Plain Tall

Realism in Patricia MacLachlans Sarah, excess and TallA book that has a clear understanding of what is real is often vista to be a quality book. Although what is thought to be real is contrastive for everyone, for me it is how easily I am able to relate to the characters in the book. If I can sympathize and understand what they are going through on an emotional level and can put myself in their shoes, I am more apt to enjoy the fiction. Narrative style and structure mutation a very important role here because it is through these that we pay a sense of what type of realism is being portrayed. For example, in Sarah, Plain and Tall, the realism displayed is emotional realism.In Patricia MacLachlans Sarah, Plain and Tall the chronicle style is apparent. We know that it is the character Anna whose point of view this story is from. It is natural that it is told from her point of view, because the arrival of Sarah will ultimately affect her the most. We get a sense of the pain that she has undergone, as well as the over-whelming sense of grapple and pride she has for her family. As Anna explains, I didnt tell him what I really thought. He was homely and plain, and he had a terrible holler and a horrid smell. But these were not the spank of him. Mama died the next morning. That was the worst thing about Caleb (MacLachlan 4). It also reveals to us the tremendous amount of responsibility that is resting on her young shoulders.In addition to the point of view, in what farming it was compose is also important. Is it written as a fantasy, as a truth, or as a fable? Sarah, Plain and Tall was written as realism, meaning it has a feeling that it actually happened. Although we arent directly told when and where this story takes place, we get at good sense of it by the descriptions of their everyday life. It is these descriptions that flip over the book its sense of realism. For example, in chapter seven Caleb describes plowing to Sarah Papa need five horses for t he big gang plow, Caleb told Sarah. Prairie grass is hard (MacLachlan 39). Despite the omit of an in-depth depiction, we still gain a feeling of what kind of life these characters led, as well as in what time period the story takes place.