Cold Sassy Tree

Cold Sassy Tree

"Cold Sassy Tree" reminds me of a soap opera, only this movie ends. "Cold Sassy Tree" and soap operas relate to our everyday lives in many ways. Soap operas are very dramatic and full of events, just like this movie. A plethora of gossip also goes around in this small community.

In "Cold Sassy Tree" the setting is your general soap opera or an everyday "Little House on the Prairie", only with more gossip and drama. I believe that the setting affects the viewer in a way which brought the viewer in closer to the characters, almost feeling as if you were in the movie. When viewing this movie, I personally felt a sense of closeness. I felt that I knew all the gossip of the town and that the small families let me into their everyday routines only to view from an outside position. The setting also affects the character greatly. Living in a small town makes it very easy to know every ones business. When you know everybody in your town you also seem to hide things or not be around everybody all the time, which is not possible.

Briefly, "Cold Sassy Tree" is about a small community, mostly made of women who love to gossip. One young woman marries secretly and runs off to have fun with her new husband, Mr. Blackeslee. Through-out the movie little scenes happen that do not play a big role in the overall plot. Near the end, Mr. Blackeslee gets very sick and his young wife, Love, tries her hardest to get him well. Mr. Blackseslee dies and it is hard for Love to overcome his death. Before he dies Love informs her husband that she is pregnant, which shocks him, for he had always wanted a son.

Do not judge a woman by her mistakes. This is only one of the major themes portrayed in this movie. Just as everyone makes mistakes, Love also made a few mistakes, which made all the women think of her as bad. Later, after Love's husband had died, all the women began to be friendly to her, for they figured out she was more than what they thought. Another theme portrayed is, "what's best is not always what you expect." I believe in this theme, for when Mr. Blackseslee died, the viewer knew it was for the best. However, Love did not think that