“Shane” by Jack Schaefer Essay -- Character Analysis

In the novel Shane, by Jack Schaefer, Marian, the wife of Joe and the mother of Bob is initially played out to be a very simple section. She cooks and cleans and cares for her family. She starts to develop a more complex character as Shane arrives. You can tell from the sufferning that Marian wants to impress her invitee with her cooking and her curiosity of the latest fashions. But as the novel progresses you begin to see that Marian may want more from Shane than originally shown. In the beginning of the story, Marian just thinks of Shane as a guest, she cooks and cleans for him and makes sure he is at home. However, from the start she was drawn to him. He was as she said vulnerable, and she liked that. Marian liked that Shane was different and unfamiliar, and was impressed by his ...