“Wine of Astonishment” Analysis

Setting InThe Wine of awe, the setting is genuinely signifi postt as it gives the indorser a better understanding of the mise en scene and atmosphere of the story. The story is set everywhere a twenty year period somewhere between 19 thirty two and nineteen fifty iodin. It is in a sm only, strange village in Trinidad called Bonasse where everything takes place. The setting is one of the best techniques in a story, as it has the power to make us feel like we are actually in the story and watching everything take place reform before our eyes.The village setting is surrounded by African folk culture which is seen by the stick fighting and chantwell traditions, the communal pride in Bolos prowess over Ivan Mortons achievements. By this rural setting the reader has to look their way of life of life seen by Evas plantain crushing to the calypsos by lightly of the flambeau outside Buntins shop as well as their economic background which at that time was predominantly agricultur al with the plating of cocoa and sugar. It likewise makes the mentionization more intimate where we see love between Joyce and Clyde.The events more symbolic such as the Spiritual Baptist religion which plays a arctic part in the story. Characterization EVA Eva is the vote counter of the story Wine of Astonishment. She is the wife of Bee and the mother of basketball team. Eva lives in the village of Bonasse with Bee and the three younger of her children. She is of African descent and is of the Shouter Baptist faith. She is a very religious woman and she believes all things happen for a reason. She believes that God gives them all their trials and tribulations because they can bear them.She is a loving mother as she tells her son Reggie that even though he failed his examination, he still had his life in front of him. Her motherly constitution is also shown when she was worried about Joyce, her daughter, and Clydes relationship. Eva and Bee have been married for 23 years and are very close to each other. Eva tries to help Bee by convincing him that they could bear their burdens and convincing him that Ivan Morton would help them. She also tells him that while they do not have as much as others, they have the necessities, and involve no more. BEE Bee is the leader of the Shouter Baptist Church in Bonasse.He is married to Eva and has five children, three of which lives with him and his wife in Bonasse. He is of African descent. He is ofttimes burdened by his position, yet he cannot simply leave, he mustiness go on, as seen when Eva narrates in page 3, and maybe he extremity to say to hell with the church, to hell with Ivan Morton, to hell with everything, but he cant get out the web, he must go on hoping. Ivan Morton was in the Council for Bonasse and Bee sacrificed for him to be there, however Ivan Morton was doing nothing to help the Shouter Baptists and that baffle Bee greatly.He is very religious and hates the fact that they could not worship God in their own way but had to abide to the laws. He relies on his wife, Eva, as his confident and supporter. She helps him to get back up when he is down. Bee seems to be very wary of letting his last son, Reggie, to go to high school because he fears what it may make him. Narrative Technique The story is told in fore intimately soul, as the narrator is known to be Eva a main character of the play.The first person narrative, captures the attention of the reader in an early arcdegree of the piece of literature, understanding and wanting to understand the situation that the narrator would soon be involved in . We look at the story with her point of view and see the turn of events as they occur finished her eyes. Most of the story is written in dialect, as it would be the way that Eva, the story teller would commonly be speaking. It also encourages the readers to be in favor of one party(s) in the story, not having the input of another narrator or that of an omniscient narrator, w ho would not give the story only one point of view.This narrative technique is very useful in capturing the readers attention as it helps him/her (as the case may be) get a better grasp into whats going on inwardly that persons life and having full access to that persons most private thoughts and feelings. As it is in Evas case, we see her life and struggles within herself, causing the reader to take a special interest in Eva and to empathize for her in whatever situation she is facing, as she describes it to the reader(s).