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In this paper I will try to analyze the complex character of Fenstad's Mother and show the changes and the consistencies in her character throughout the story.
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Fenstad's mother by Charles Baxter In this paper I will try to analyze the complex character of Fenstad's Mother and show the changes and the consistencies in her character throughout the story. At first, Fenstad's Mother's character is revealed to us at the beginning of the story as a very practical woman who was preoccupied by social activities, social rights, and religion has never interested her, she is amused by her son's churchgoing and even makes fun of him because of it: "Fensad's mother was a lifelong social progressive who was amused by her son's churchgoing" (p. 115), ""Skating after church? Isn't that some sort of doctrinal error?" (p. 116). She is a perceptive person. It took her only a short glance to reveal Fenstad was skating (the stain of snow on his trousers): "She glanced down at his trousers, damp with melted snow. "You've been skating." (p. 116). Even though she is an elderly...
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