Wild geese by martha ostenso essays

Mark Jordan is also compared to a wild goose for fundamentally the same reasons as Lind. When he first meets Lind, she thinks that his cry seems to be a, "smote cry upon the heart like the loneliness of the universe..." (Ostenso, p.53). Both Mark and Lind can be compared here, because they are both lonely and isolated.

Lind Archer, the schoolteacher, is considered the wild goose for the first while. She came from a large municipality, "to a region beyond human warmth...beyond even human isolation..." (Ostenso, p.34). Mark Jordan is also compared to a wild goose for fundamentally the same reasons as Lind.

Lind Archer, the schoolteacher, is considered the wild goose for the first while. She came from a large municipality, “to a region beyond human warmth beyond even human isolation” (Ostenso, p. 34). Mark Jordan is also compared to a wild goose for fundamentally the same reasons as Lind.

This is due to her personality, body structure and features. Judith has, a great, defiant body, her chest high and broad as a boy’s; her hair was wild-locked and black and shone on top of her head with a bluish luster; her eyes were in sullen repose now, long and narrow; her lips were rich and drooped at the corners. (Ostenso, p.