Part one of term paper
Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres, encompasses the farm life and hardships of a wealthy retiring Iowa farmer, Larry Cook and his family. For his daughters Ginny and Rose, the farm and life on the farm was all they ever knew. The youngest daughter, Caroline, broke away from life on the farm and became a Des Moines lawyer. Throughout the novel ...

Part two of term paper
... that their lives revolve solely around the farm and that they have no other life. The scene is that of the "Million-Dollar Monopoly Tournament." If the reader reads through the monopoly scenes narrowly and doesn't give them any critical thought, it seems as though there is no correlation to them and the book. While the game may have only lasted for two weeks for a couple of hours each night, it didn't stop them from playing in spite of all the work that had to be done (81). The tournament ...