In the first of the relationships treated in the novel, Tom Brangwen doesn't quite have the identification with the land characteristic of his ancestors but he has similar roots and has few intellectual abilities. ... But like the earlier men, he's really alive only in the female side of himself, the male side having atrophied and been taken over by conventional, dead ideas. ...

• Word Count: 1985
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate