Will thinks Rucker needs someone to look after him now that Mattie Lou is gone.

He thinks Miss Love is nice and pretty, although she comes from Baltimore and therefore is practically a Yankee. Will Tweedy, Rucker’s 14-year-old grandson and the novel's narrator, supports his grandfather’s marriage. Rucker’s daughters, Mary Willis and Loma, worry about what the gossips of Cold Sassy will think of their father’s impropriety. This news shocks his family, since his wife Mattie Lou died only three weeks earlier. This conflict is very important because it shows the reader how the town will jump to many conclusions.On July 5, 1906, Enoch Rucker Blakeslee announces that he intends to marry Miss Love Simpson, a milliner at his store who is years younger than he. One such conflict is the conflict between Miss Love and the general population of Cold Sassy. Hence, a very important formalistic element is conflict conflict can help the reader stay interested in the main plot of the story. As one can see all of these are very just examples of why setting is a very important formalistic element. One good example of this is, 'The single-track dirt road had deep wagon ruts, and it like to jolted us to pieces.' (Burns 286). For one the setting portrays the country feel of the south and not being as reliant on steel and other northern products as seen today.

Setting also helps explain how mechanically and architecturally advanced the town of Cold Sassy is. These are usually stereotypical prejudices of a small southern down around 1900. Another one of these prejudices is that the white folk of Cold Sassy look down on African Americans. One of these prejudices is that the town's folk of cold sassy do not like northern people, or Yankees. Setting can also help the reader envision people's prejudices. The visualization that Cold Sassy is a very laid-back town helps the reader envision the town folk's daily lives. One very important visualization is of Cold Sassy as a small southern town, which Olive Ann Burns does fantastically in portraying. Setting can help the reader visualize the books scenery, which is very important. To begin with, setting is a very intriguing part of the novel. It would take too much time to write all of these elements, here is a breif synopsis on setting, conflict, and titles and names. The author creates an intricate and compelling novel through the use of setting, conflict, and titles and names.

There are many reasons why Cold Sassy Tree is such a good book. Fantastic and breathtaking, Cold Sassy Tree is a great piece of American literature.

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