Thesis For The Aviators Wife
The Aviator's Wife New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction, Melanie Benjamin, with her novel The Aviator's Wife, tells the story of Anne and Charles Lindbergh, famous aviators from American history. Benjamin depicts her main character as curious in the beginning, but as the novel progresses her curiosity leads her to learn new things about her life, leading her to be less independent than she was in the beginning, and more dependant upon Charles. Although Benjamin enthralls the audiences’ attention by using pathos to relate Anne’s experiences to theirs, she never stops describing the change in attitude of Anne. Through new experiences, hardships, joy, and death, Anne is transformed into a completely different person allowing the reader to relate to this figure who has always been kept as a mystery or held up as a hero. The
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After charles flies with Anne he finds he is scared for her, and needs to protect her leading him to state the following- “ It must mean that I should ask if you would consider marrying me...”(Benjamin 84). This manifests Anne’s belief of transitioning from a quiet young girl, into a woman ready to take on the world. “We had decided to honeymoon on a new motorboat, as the entire world would be scanning the clouds for the blissful, daring newlyweds of the sky.”(Benjamin 92). As Anne never thought she would even be noticed by the infamous Colonel Charles Lindbergh, she was now ready to marry him and take on life in the public eye. Throughout the novel the author characterizes them as a journeyful couple that must remain in the shadows to escape the press however that is not always possible“ It’s them! Somebody cried, and we sprang apart, caught - doing what?...” (Benjamin 99).This shows the audience that even as they tried to stay disguised they were always found in a crowd, however this brought them closer together in their
After charles flies with Anne he finds he is scared for her, and needs to protect her leading him to state the following- “ It must mean that I should ask if you would consider marrying me...”(Benjamin 84). This manifests Anne’s belief of transitioning from a quiet young girl, into a woman ready to take on the world. “We had decided to honeymoon on a new motorboat, as the entire world would be scanning the clouds for the blissful, daring newlyweds of the sky.”(Benjamin 92). As Anne never thought she would even be noticed by the infamous Colonel Charles Lindbergh, she was now ready to marry him and take on life in the public eye. Throughout the novel the author characterizes them as a journeyful couple that must remain in the shadows to escape the press however that is not always possible“ It’s them! Somebody cried, and we sprang apart, caught - doing what?...” (Benjamin 99).This shows the audience that even as they tried to stay disguised they were always found in a crowd, however this brought them closer together in their