Ethan Frome Essay What do you do when you are face to face with a decision that controls the rest of your outcome? A significant theme in the novel Ethan Frome is making decisions. Throughout the novel, Ethan Frome was forced to decide on critical matters. For example “his father’s death, and the misfortunes following it, had put a premature end to Ethan’s studies.” This meant he stopped his schooling because he decided …showed first 75 words of 245 total…

…showed last 75 words of 245 total…on the matter, it became very silent, so silent it was as if they were already inside their coffins, and Ethan thought “Perhaps it’ll feel like this… After I sha’n’t feel anything.” Moments after that they both rode down the slopes into the big elm that would have destroyed their pains of separation. In conclusion, Ethan Frome made decisions that impacted his life immensely and some which might have taken his life.