The_Stone_Angel

The Stone Angel The Way The Plot Develops The Meaning Of The Title In The Stone Angel In The Stone Angel, Margaret Lawrence portrays a woman attempting to understanding herself and her life. Hagar is the narrator of the book. She is ninety, and is trying to avoid an old aged home where her son Marvin, and MarvinÕs wife Doris want to put her. During this her attempt to move to Shadow Point and live alone, Hagar remembers the many parts of her life and her life story is revealed to the reader in that fashion. Hagar grew up in Manawaka, in the prairies. HagarÕs mother died while giving birth to her, and her father Jason Currie had a great stone angel brought from Italy at a great expense for Mrs. CurrieÕs grave. Hagar had two brothers, Matt and Daniel. Daniel was a lazy boy, and was very delicate physically. Daniel died at eighteen of pneumonia. Matt intended to go to university, but Hagar was sent by her father. Matt married, but never had children, and died of disease without putting up a fight in his death bed. Hagar eventually goes to university and returns to marry Brampton Shiptley, against her fathersÕ will. At that point she loses contact stone, angelhagar, pride, because, life, father, out, never, matt, marvin, john, hagarõs, things, revealed, point, loves, death, daniel, currie, while, very, university, story, son, similar, realizes, mrs, moves, made, love, herself, heart, great, eventually