Isolation and Rebellion: Reading The Gallows Pole and BabyTobias Carroll takes a close look at Myers’s The Gallows Pole and Annaleese Jochems’s Baby, which have suspenseful plots dealing with the idea of leaving society behind.
There’s a certain romance that comes from the idea of leaving society behind. For some, that might come from the idea of discovering a plot of land that has no prior claim, and establishing a homestead. Others might take a more modest approach: witness the increased popularity of digital nomads and the movement to convert old school buses into living spaces.
It’s no shock to see this overlapping with tales of crime and defiance of the law. There’s a romanticized idea of outlaws hiding out, establishing their own fiefdom, and transforming it into something greater
