First Ethan Frome Entry

The first chapter of Ethan Frome resembles the story Bartleby, The Scrivener. There is a narrator, who is curiously interested in one man. As the narrator investigates the person, they realize that their curiosity is not misplaced, that the person has a certain oddity that draws a certain, perplexing intrest. But there are key, underlining, differences between the two stories. Unlike Bartleby, there are people who know of Ethan Frome and know his story. By the second chapter, Ethan Frome ceases to have a narrator. Thus, the first chapter was meant as a background story, so as to define the setting as well as the character, Ethan Frome.