Ethan is a nice guy that does good for other people. Ethan Frome's pathetic
fallacy is that he is too nice and too caring. Ethan has to take care of his mom and
farm, Ethan cant leave the farm to Zeena and run away with Mattie, and he wants
money from the hales but he doesn't want to ask.
Ethan has to take care of his mother and the farm. He was going to go to
college and become an engineer but his mother became sick and couldn't take care
of the farm. So Ethan had to give up his dreams and help care for his mother and
take care of the farm. …
