Character Analysis: Hattie Big Sky

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Imagine living alone at 16, thousands of miles from your only family, no friends, and trying to gain land of your own. Hattie Brooks did just that, she was always known as Hattie Here-and-There because her parents died when she was young and she was shipped from relative to relative. She was bound to change that. She wanted something of her own, she wanted a home. So, in 1918 after receiving a letter leaving a homestead claim to her from a long lost uncle Chester she packed up all she owned and moved to Montana. She quickly found out how difficult and demanding farm life was. In order to own the land officially she had to prove up which included having to set 480 rods of fence, cultivate one eighth of land, and pay thirty-seven seventy-five …show more content…

Ebgard. Hattie enjoyed writing back to Uncle Holt, the man she was living with before she moved west, and her good friend Charlie who was fighting the Kaiser in France. Hattie's dream of proving up was dwindling after several events took place. Hattie was determined to prove up but first she had to figure out what having a home and a family really meant. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson was inspiring, captivating, and possessed a determined character. Kirby Larson had many strengths throughout her writing including strong imagery, realistic details, and the use of foreshadowing. Larson used strong imagery throughout her story, this allowed me to make a visual image of the scene. One of these scenes was with wild horses, "I ripped off my skirt and petticoat and began flapping them like a demented bird in bloomers. The stallion froze at the creek's edge. His herd stopped, too, as one whinnying and stamping as he paced back and forth. 'Hee-yaw!' I waved and yelled and danced around (Larson 155)." Her word choice was strong, allowing the reader to feel like they were in that situation with Hattie. You were able to have visual images going

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