Recovering latent parts of a story: The Buck

In the short chronicle entitled The Buck written by Joyce Carol Oates, we ar introduced to two quite interesting characters, to wit Melanie Snyder and Wayne Woody Kunz. These two characters both struggle with different aspects of their in the flesh(predicate) lives; in Wayne Kunzs case, he is in constant battle with his manhood, whereas Melanie Snyder has reasonably renounced her femininity. Her very appearance when we first see her in the story is quite strange, because she is seen dressed in her brothers clothes which mask her effeminate side. Both of these characters in this story are representative of many an(prenominal) persons today whose identities remain latent for a part or even all of their lives. Some are competent to be reconciled to their true selves, but others are never able to fully reclaim their lives.

        Oates suggests that this story bears witness to the dark complexities of nature... particularly the human nature (131). At the very beginning, we are told of the finis of a buck and the bravery of the old fair sex, Melanie Snyder, who tried to interrupt its death. There is something quite mysterious about this old woman even at the first mention of her name. This mystery is unequivocal in the narrators brief description about this womans past. From this description we check that this woman is in a constant battle with her femininity.



The intimately important piece of information that is given to the reader is that Melanie Snyder is a spinster who has dedicated the rest of her life to the preservation of the woodland in which she lives. We realize as the story progresses that Melanie Snyders femininity is latent because of the hurt she sustained during her relationship with her fiancé.

        As the story progresses, we are introduced to another character, Wayne Kunz, who we...

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