21st-Century American Fiction.

While never taking the forefront of the novel, Ree's relationship with Gail is an expression of how the innate nature of omerta, the cod...

In class, we discussed the idea that the character of Ree might read as unnaturally strong, able to face almost any hardsh...

Throughout Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone, it is clear that family is an important identity to the characters. Woodrell shows...

In the novel Winter’s Bone , Ree’s ability to survive and navigate through the unrelenting rules of the Dolly clan and unforgiving Ozark e...

In the novel Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, the character Ree Dolly shows her maturity through her relationship with her younger broth...

Throughout Daniel Woodrell’s  Winter’s Bone , readers bear witness to Ree Dolly’s suffering-filled search for her father. Ree faces obstacl...

            Winter’s Bone is a novel with themes of family, independence, and poverty in the Ozarks. However, the novel al...

In Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone , Ree Dolly and her family live in extreme poverty. As the caretaker of the family, Ree sometimes wonders...

               In the beginning of Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell the main character, Ree Dolly, is openly discontented with her life. She...

A strong theme seen within the people in Ozark is the use of family morals. Religion is not mentioned strongly in this book as a code to li...

Ree survives by rejecting and following traditional gender roles when it is advantageous to her. Much of the time, the she operates in a l...

In Winter’s Bone , by Daniel Woodrell, Ree Dolly is forced into becoming the caretaker of the family when her father leaves Ree in charge ...

In the Ozark community portrayed by Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone , gender and tradition closely intertwine to creat...

The story of Haslam, Fruit of Belief and his role as predecessor of the Dolly clan mimics the Old Testa...