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Tag: Richard Yates

The Canal by Richard Yates – Analysis

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 During his lifetime, Richard Yates was read and respected by other writers to a much greater degree than he was read by the general public. His 1961 novel,  Revolutionary Road , sold well, and over the years, it continued to be widely known, mostly due to its being assigned in literature classes. But from 1961…

The Canal by Richard Yates – Setting

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 The Last Days of World War II  Yates does not say where the battle described in the story took place, but it is possible that it took place in Germany, given that it occurred in March of 1945 and involved American troops advancing against the Germans. The conflict that Yates describes has some similarity to…

The Canal by Richard Yates – Literary Devices

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 Point of View  Point of view is the angle from which the action of the story is seen. In this case, the story is told in third-person, limited omniscient point of view. The story is told in the third person, and readers are given the inner thoughts of one character, but not the inner thoughts…

The Canal by Richard Yates – Themes

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 Memory  Yates dramatizes in this story how individuals remember shared experiences (perhaps especially of war) in separate ways and how those different ways of remembering determine or express the person’s sense of self. Tom Brace selects from all his military experience in order to shape his story. Soldiers have many experiences in military service, but…

The Canal by Richard Yates – Characters

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 Nancy Brace  Tom Brace is amazed to hear that Miller’s outfit had the leisure to sleep, since his canal crossing put him right into artillery fire. Nancy Brace, Tom’s wife, asks if his killing the artillery soldiers earned him a Silver Star. Brace dismisses Nancy’s question with a wink, patronizing her supposedly superficial focus on…

The Canal by Richard Yates – Summary

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by JL Admin

 “The Canal” starts at a cocktail party in 1952. Two couples, the Millers and the Braces, are in the middle of a long conversation that has already been going on for about an hour when the story begins. Lew Miller and Tom Brace work for the same advertising firm. As the story opens, Lew Miller…

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