The Scottish Chris loves the farm life and the land and reflects the more emotional, innate side of her character given to her by her mother. Chris herself labels the conflicting sides of her the ‘Scottish Chris’ and the ‘English Chris’. The characterisation of Chris in this novel is successful as an in depth portrayal of conflicting feelings and emotions is given that readers will relate to. This is depicted through the eyes of Chris Guthrie whose stream of consciousness dominates the novel’s narrative, although parts of it are written from Kinraddie’s perspective, in the community voice. The principal theme of the novel is that of change. Sunset Song, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, is the story of a young Scottish peasant girl, Chris Guthrie, and her development from childhood to adulthood in the small farming village of Kinraddie.
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