Unresolved Grief And Isolation In Death By Landscape

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In the story “Death by Landscape,” Unresolved grief and isolation were the two themes, that I discovered. Lois is a widowed mother, who isolated herself from others. Lois experienced a target lost during a week-long excursion in the wilderness. On the second day of the trip Lois experience the loss of her close friend, Lucy. The incident has a deep impact on Lois’s life and changes her whole life. Lois blames herself for the loss. She isolates herself by choice, trying to cope with unresolved grief of her close friend. Her life is empty now that her kids are grown and her husband has died.

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