A Streetcar Named Desire Rhetorical Analysis

Williams’ use of diction when he says, “The damned little brat must be protected against her own idiocy, one says to one's self at such times. Others must be protected against her. It is a social necessity.” shows how he views kids. He is saying to readers children do not know any better and because we are older we are expected to protect and guide them in order for society to function properly. He realizes how oblivious this was to him before and how much pint up aggression he had towards this matter. It showed in the forced he used on the girl. He continues by saying “In a final unreasoning assault I overpowered the child's neck and jaws. I forced the heavy silver spoon back of her teeth and down her throat till she gagged. And there it was--both tonsils covered with membrane. She had fought valiantly to keep me from knowing her secret. She had been hiding that sore throat for three days at
The aftermaths of that particular action could’ve been extreme. She could spewed or chocked on the spoon but he was successful in the end. “Now truly she was furious.”, Williams added. Anyone in this predicament would’ve been extremely furious. Almost every reader could relate to why she felt this particular way. “She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked.” The girl’s behavior before as already impeccable but now she had gotten even angrier because the doctor has become her worst nightmare. This tells readers that this girl was beyond anger because her behavior got even worse. Williams end the story by saying, “So she tried to get off her father's lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes.”, leaving readers a huge cliff hanger as to what happened to the girl and if the doctor got attacked. Overall the use of force challenges the readers to think and ask a personal question how far is too far? Is to far enough when you saving someone’s