The Role Of Divorce In Jane Austen's Ice Break

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Nowadays, divorce has become more of a regular thing. A divorce does not only have a negative impact on the relationship, but also a negative effect on the kids. It splits the family apart, because the kids have to choose which side to take. Negative emotions also affect the kids, making them think that they are not loved by their parents. These are the premises set for the short story “Ice Break” by the Canadian writer Astrid Blodgett. We are met with the first person narrator, Dawn who has 3 sisters, Marla and Janie. Dawn is experiencing the negative impact of divorcing.
The short story’s composition is confusing at start, but makes sense in the end. It starts with Dawn with her father and Janie trying to find a spot on the frozen lake, and are looking for their Uncle Rock. This first paragraph sets the mood for the short story and makes the plot quite predicable . It is predictable because of the last lines of the paragraph, where we feel like something is about to happened, but then the protagonist has some kind of flashback. These flashback appears in the short story frequently , where the reader gets to know what happened previously on that day, giving the reader some context.
The flashback is what happened previously on that day, where we are introduced to her mother, and her sisters. Afterwards we get a clear picture of the parent’s relationship when Dawn says this “Sometimes they did that, one parent, one child” . This obviously indicates that her parents are …show more content…

Furthermore, parents will always love you no matter what, but being in this kind of situation it might not feel like that. Being a child in this age and experiencing this kind of process, makes everything feel numbing, because you know what is going on, but can do nothing about it. The situation can also be described as the composition of the short story, everything is in chaos, but in the end, everything comes

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