Analysis Of 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept'

The narrator of “By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept” refuses to answer the questions of the border guards for a few reasons while at the same time providing the reader with answers to the questions they ask. A reason for this denial to cooperate with the border guards is that they were very demanding and abrupt with the narrator which never tends to work well on any person. It is proven that people are less likely to cooperate with demands than requests. Another reason for her refusal is that admitting to an affair in this time period was quite condemning and would have caused for the woman to be looked down upon in society and in some ways even shunned by certain groups. The narrator as a result either stubborn or conservative has