Analysis Of The Wife's Story By Ursula Le Guin

Aunt’s Side of the Story Throughout the novel, “The Wife's Story”, written by Ursula Le Guin, every character witnessed the event in different ways. In this particular predicament, where a man is trapped in a world of wolves, there are several characters who experienced the man turning into something horrid, the creature, the kids, the mother and me, her sister. I don’t trust my sister’s husband, there is something odd about him, he just seems too good to be true, I feel like he is a snake in the grass. Maybe it is just jealousy or maybe it’s a hunch. I never found someone who is right for me, they were either too judgmental that I live in my parents house or just arrogant jerks. He is in our house, night and day, and I get more and more envious of her good fortune every day so for the sake of my sanity, I move out. I don’t even know why I don’t like him, he acts so innocent, if you see him playing with his children, you would know that there isn’t any bad in him, not one mean bone. Maybe my hunch is wrong.
My sister still keeps in touch with me, even though I moved out.
She keeps on telling me about how peculiar her husband has been acting. She said he came home late one night, exhausted and aggravated with an odd smell, even his own children did not recognize him, they were frightened. From all the way across the street, I could hear the child’s howl of fear. I keep a close eye on him, day by day he just keeps on acting more abnormal. I take up gardening to get my mind off of him, but I still spy on him every once in awhile, for my sister's sake. I read a book about psychology the other day, I wonder if her husband could be a psychopath or something, worried about my sister, I give her a
call,
“Hi, Sis”
“Hi, why did you call?”
“I saw your husband doing the oddest thing yesterday.
“What was it?”
“He put meat on a fire and before he ate it.”
“Well that’s strange I’ll talk to him about it, I hope that he’s ok, maybe he’s developing some sort of a mental disorder.”
It is the dead of night and the sky glistened from the full moon. As I tend to my garden, I see a gruesome sight, the eerie man’s body changes shape and sheds all his fur! The strange beast then picks up a heavy branch and begins ruthlessly trying to murder my family! I do what any caring aunt would do, I sprint over to the creature and shout,
“Leave my family alone!”
Right as it turns to confront me, I pounce on it and tear out its throat like a fierce hawk swooping down on a snake. The nightmare is over, the monster is no more.