Animal: Buffalo
Being ordinary, calm but bold, the buffalo is a nondescript animal on the plain. Ethan Frome obviously was one of the most ordinary person in a small village. “Even then he was the most striking figure in Starkfield, though he was but the ruin of a man.” However, he became “memorable”, because of his bold and tragical life.
Plant: Dandelion
Floating on the wind, the dandelion’s seeds never know where they will stop at or grow at; it is just like Ethan Frome’s love toward Mattie. “It pleased Ethan to have surprised a pair of lovers on the spot where he and Mattie had stood with such a thirst for each other in their hearts; but he felt a pang at the thought that these two need not hide their happiness”. Ethan loved Mattie, and wanted to “escape” his life with her, but the reality and his own moral hit him. Consequently, he confused and lost in love; he do not know where to find the way out.…show more content… So is Ethan. “He's looked that way ever since he had his smash-up; and that's twenty-four years ago come next February”. Ethan had nothing. He is completely white, which gives readers a sense of plain, as a ordinary farmer in a small town.
Mineral: Iron
Being hard, metallic, but not shining, iron is a type of transitional metal. "Guess he's been in Starkfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away." Ethan lived in a unpopular village. He sturdily lived on, looked tough, but never shiny in this various world. He is a piece of “iron”, standing in the town, try to find his own
