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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. By David Wroblewski. Ashton Evans. David Wroblewski. Born in Wisconsin near where The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is set Raised on a farm where his mother raised dogs most of his life Has lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, and Colorado

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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  1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle By David Wroblewski Ashton Evans

  2. David Wroblewski • Born in Wisconsin near where The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is set • Raised on a farm where his mother raised dogs most of his life • Has lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, and Colorado • Attended University of Wisconsin where he started as a theater major, switched to computer sciences, and finally graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle was his first book.

  3. Background • Story set in Chequamegon National Forest, near where Wroblewski grew up • Modern day “Hamlet” • Used Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book”, Shakespeare, and Stephen King as inspiration • Main character is a mute who can communicate best with the dogs they raise • Basis of story comes from past and childhood of growing up in rural Wisconsin, raising dogs

  4. Background continued • Edgar was born mute and lives on a farm with his parents raising dogs. • Edgar’s uncle reappears in their lives and his dad dies • Claude, the uncle, starts to force himself into their lives • Tries to prove Claude’s a murder • Edgar leaves but returns to prove Claude killed his father • Claude poisons Edgar and they both die in a fire in the barn

  5. Important Characters • Edgar Sawtelle- Main character, a mute • Trudy-Edgar’s mother • Gar- Edgar’s father who is killed by Claude • Claude- Edgar’s uncle, Gar’s murderer

  6. Conflicts • Claude vs. Gar- greed towards power • Claude vs. Edgar- revenge towards killer • Edgar vs. wilderness-struggle for survival • Edgar vs. self- isolation from being mute

  7. Themes & Motifs • Family- how does this change before and after Claude comes • Revenge-why is this important • Truth-who is Claude really • Anger-towards Claude • Murder-lots of it • Fate-how do their actions seal their fate • Isolation-how does Edgar being mute affect him

  8. Symbols • Edgar’s mute- ability to see more than others, isolation • Dogs-companionship • Ghost-truth, purity

  9. Author’s Style • Prose-straight to the point and lacking flowery language • Not many metaphors • “natural and unfettered” voice

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