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Tag: Conrad Aiken

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Analysis – Essay

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by JL Admin

Critics do not interpret Conrad Aiken’s short story “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” (1934) in a literal way. Upon initial examination, they consistently regard the story as something other than what it is. Thomas L. Erskine, for example, in his 1972 psychoanalytical interpretation of the story, claims that “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” is about the “balance”…

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Setting

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by JL Admin

The Great Depression  “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” appeared in 1934, the second year of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first term in office. America was also in the midst of the Great Depression, which disrupted American life, put many people out of work, and left many impoverished. Other nations were affected: Britain, France, Italy, and Germany…

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Lyricism – Literary Devices

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by JL Admin

Lyricism  Aiken brought the poet’s sensibility and craft to his fiction. He narrates “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” from Paul’s point-of-view; this perspective guarantees that the author’s stream-of-consciousness prose style will affect readers directly. Not surprisingly, one finds a large number of lyric poems in Aiken’s verse. Aiken also utilizes the material properties of words. For…

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Mental Illness – Themes

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by JL Admin

Sanity and Insanity  In “Silent Snow, Secret Snow,” sanity is defined as the ability to function in the everyday world and interact with people. Conversely, insanity is measured by the degree to which one is unfamiliar with everyday occurrences and the inability to communicate with others. Deirdre’s eagerness to answer Mrs. BuelFs geography question is…

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Characters

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by JL Admin

Deirdre  Deirdre is Paul’s classmate. She sits at the desk in front of his. She is not a fully developed character, but her gesture of turning around to smile admiringly at Paul when he answers a question correctly is girlish. Deirdre has freckles on her neck and delicate hands; she is a stereotypical “first love”…

Silent Snow, Secret Snow – Summary

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by JL Admin

Aiken divides “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” into four distinct sections. In section I, the story introduces Paul Hasleman, age twelve, a student in Mrs. Buell’s sixth-grade classroom. Paul is distracted, however, by his intense memory of an event that occurred several days before. He thinks about the globe that figures in the day’s geography lesson…

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