This is my first practice essay, this is not to great as I found this question rather challenging and not claiming this to be good essay, if you can be bothered to read this and hopefully provide feedback, errors and or mistakes where I went wrong, where I could improve and how to improve, then it is more than appreciated. (I used the connect English lecture notes to experiment into writing better essays)
"How does Anna view of the world change in the course of the novel" VCAA 2010
In the novel The Year Of Wonders illustrated by Geraldine Brooks explores the course of the nature that is the life of Eyam during the plague that cripples the town into a crisis where in the life of the first perspective of the character Anna Frith develop a sense of logic and reasoning forming ideas and opinions of how events occur naturally or by the devil's act. Some of her views that are initially developed are the acts of the devil, natural occurrence on being on Earth and the use of science and nature.
At the first point of the novel where Anna has first seen the plague struck in the town of Eyam, Anna comes to believe that this plague that struck the town is most indefinitely the work of the devil as this were the people belief in such an era of the Restoration where devils and witches are to appear true in it's existence and where no common myth which results the similar common belief amongst all the people of Eyam. This is the stage of the novel where Anna has not been exposed to the knowledge on the operation of natural crises like the plague which means she is to quickly dismiss the devil to part take to summon the plague on the town
Near towards the days where the plague is worsening by the day and decreasing morality in the people leading to bitter conflict in the community, Anna is introduced by her friend Elinor Mompellion to the world of medicine where Elinor participates in teaching Anna about how to create medicinal's, treatment and studying herbs/ herboire and those of plant matter. In the teachings, Anna develops a sense of opinion and point of matter on the occurrence of the Earth and it's upbringings of disaster like the plague. "For though they may be plague seeds within them, yet also maybe a knowledge to rid us of the plague " and this developed knowledge leads to her believing she had the idea to possibly end the plague in it's entirely " the key to defeating this plague, I am convinced, must lie here, in the virtue of such plants". Whereas in the first points of the novel Anna was unable to form an opinion on how the world operated due to the lack of knowledge and understanding which leads to argue that her view in the world had dramatically changed.
Well after the teachings of Elinor, Anna who had believed that not everything that is to be viewed in a negative way or an occurrence that involves death, grief, pain and suffering caused by the work of the devil but rather simply a natural occurrence. "Perhaps the plague was neither of God nor the Devil, but simply a thing of nature" even more evidence suggests this point where Anna fallen upon a rock after trying to save Any's life. Anna after seeing people with formed opinions of that the Devil is to blame for the plague, Anna comes to a concluding point that " Why should this thing be either a test of faith sent by God, of the evil working of the devil in the world. This strongly provides and shows that Anna view on the world does change.
Year of Wonders move the stages of the plague where towards near the end, Anna develops her view that the plague has occurred due to the realization that her knowledge on science and medicine. Moving towards the middle stages of the story where Anna opinion and views are not fully developed but she thinks that the Plague merely were an act of nature. Near towards the beginning of the novel Anna strongly believes that the plague as the work of the devil. The text often explores the concept of common beliefs vs occurrence of the earth and knowledge is the key factor is breaking the bond into heavily linked topics
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