Wild Geese
... Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso is a wonderful example of this. ... These references were made to Judith, who is seen as a wild horse, to the wild geese that always move to new places, and also to the weather and how the familys attitudes and emotions, especially Calebs, are changed by it. Wild Geese are talked about quite frequently throughout this novel. There are many references to people who are compared to the wild goose, along with what they symbolize. Lind Archer, the schoolteacher, is considered the wild goose for the first while. ... Mark Jordan is also compared to a wild goose for fundamentally the same reasons as Lind. ... The wild goose symbolizes moving, loneliness, and isolation. ... In the end Mark and Lind move together to go back to the large municipality and wild geese are referred to again. They moved back to where they came from and realized that like the wild geese, they were moving again and that life was, an endless quest…(Ostenso, p. ... Judith is frequently compared to a wild horse. ... Judith has, a great, defiant body, her chest high and broad as a boys; her hair was wild-locked and black and shone on top of her head with a bluish luster; her eyes were in sullen repose now, long and narrow; her lips were rich and drooped at the corners.