In, "Gooseberries," a man's dream of owning a farm becomes a "definite disorder" (Chekhov 3). ... The most damaging effect of my obsession was on the relationships I had with my friends and family. ... My relationships quickly began to degrade because my friends and family thought that I disliked them. ... Nicholai has worked towards getting his own farm for most of his life. ...
His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. ... Young Louie enjoyed playing cowboys and Indians, and roughhoused in the family barn. ... The L"Amour family library encompassed some five hundred books, among them the works of Whittier, Lowell, Longfellow, and Poe, as well as popular American and English writers. ... L"Amour's family history is rich in frontier adventure. ...
He takes little interest in taking charge of his household with no desire to support his own family. ... He would rather help everyone else other than his family without reserve. In fact, Rip does not care at all for the livelihood of his farm and family. ... His choice to walk away from his family is yet another instance of Rip not wanting to take care of his family, and instead abandon them to go look for something to trivial as a squirrel. ... Rip being the kind hearted soul he usually is to strangers (everyone but his family), he proceeds to help the dwarf carry this keg of liquor. ...
His would seemingly make it prone to family prejudices, a younger parallel to the European aged communities, yet there is no evidence of this kind of hierarchy. ... Ichabod's attraction to Katrina Van Tassel is really based on his hungry-eyed appraisal of her father's farm; at one point he envisions selling it off for cash and then moving on to conquer new frontiers. ...
