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5 de set. de 2023 · Katherine Mansfield’s “The Voyage” takes place in New Zealand—in Wellington and Picton—near the turn of the twentieth century. The protagonist is a young girl named Fenella Crane, whose ...
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A girl of about five (Fenella) travels from Wellington with her grandmother by boat to her grandparents’ home in Picton, where she will live with the grandmother and grandfather. Her mother has passed away and her grandmother now takes care of her as her guardian. It is only halfway through the story when we discover Fenella’s mother is dead, hence...
In the opening sentence we know where this story is set. Picton is a small town at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Is it time for Picton to have the conversation about changing its name?from The Spinoff. (The gateway to the South Island is named after a notorious slave trader who tortured a 13-year-old girl.) If you want to travel betwe...
When the child is a main character, their biggest shortcoming is their naivety and their reliance upon those around them. Mansfield never lets readers know the exact age of Fenella, but we can guess she is a young child because of the limited understanding she has of different situations. Mansfield writes this story in free, indirect discourse. Another story written with this narration is What Maisie Knew by Henry James, a description of a divorce but via the limited understanding of a girl a...
Fenella is a typical child, and small children tend to live in the moment. She’s not fully aware of the significance of this journey and she may not even know where they’re going. She doesn’t know how long she’ll be away from her father. For this reason, her desires are very much in the moment. 1. She wants to take care of her grandmother’s fetching umbrella. 2. She wants to touch the sandwich, so she does. (She wants to eat it, too, but it’s too expensive.) 3. She wants to take off her lace...
Sometimes in a story populated by two people, they are each other’s opposition. Definition of opponent: Any character who stands in the way of what the main character wants. It’s irrelevant how kindthe opponent is. In this story, grandmother is a caring, kind woman. The way in which she deals with Fenella belies her personality – she tells Fenella she would be more comfortable taking her lace socks off, though doesn’t insist that she do so. She reminds me a lot of my own grandmother. Yet this...
21 de nov. de 2023 · Katherine Mansfield's "The Voyage" is set on the two main islands of New Zealand. The young girl, Fenella, embarks on a journey with her grandmother, which takes her across the strait...
Plot summary. At the harbour Fenella and her grandmother say goodbye to Fenella's father and board the Picton boat; a number of everyday situations are described during the journey, which highlight a degree of tension between the rather religious grandmother and staff on the boat.
The Voyage Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
The Voyage is an English Modernist Literature short story by New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in 1901.
Written by Kienyen Chen. It all starts out in London in the early twentieth century, following the life of Helen Ambrose and her husband Ridley. They are preparing for a long journey ahead, to an unnamed location off the coast of South America. There they are planning to stay for the whole of winter, leaving their two young children behind.
