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Tag: Gina Ochsner

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Analysis

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Although Ochsner’s first collection of stories,  Necessary Grace to Fall , won literary awards, it attracted little attention from reviewers. This is not unusual for a first collection from a young, unknown writer. However, Ochsner’s second collection of stories,  People I Wanted to Be  (2005), did attract some notice. Interestingly, many of the comments of…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Setting

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Suicide in the United States  Suicide is a widespread social problem that occurs in all human societies. In the United States in 2000, suicide was the eleventh leading cause of death. The total number of suicides was 29,350, or 1.2 percent of all deaths. In 2001, the figure was 30,622. Suicide is more common than…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Literary Devices

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Imagery of the Human Body  The story contains much imagery of the human body in its different forms. Leonard’s muscular physique is emphasized, as is the physical presence of the corpse of Svea Johnson. But the main examples are in reference to Howard. Unlike Leonard, who is extremely comfortable inside his own skin, Howard is…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Themes

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Mortality, Suicide, and the Affirmation of Life  The characters vary greatly in the extent to which the life force and the desire to live flows through them. Leonard, with his physical fitness, well-defined muscles and constant munching of “energy bars,” has a strong hold on life, as does the aggressive Carla, with her desire to…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Characters

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Carla  Carla is Howard’s wife. She has an eight-year-old son, Kevin, by a previous marriage, and she works for the same insurance company that employs Howard. She is an aggressive woman who gets angry when Howard is late for dinner and reproaches him for his unreliability when she sees him in an unfamiliar neighborhood when…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Summary

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 “The Necessary Grace to Fall” begins on an August day in an office in the Hope and Life Insurance Company in an unnamed American city. The main character, Howard, works in this office with Leonard, his immediate supervisor, who is a physical fitness fanatic. Howard has only recently switched to his current position in which…

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