'Anti-Hero In The Yellow Sweater'
The short story “The Yellow Sweater” conforms closely to the ironic phase Winter, Prisoners, Exile. In Winter, Prisoners, Exile, the anti-hero has to survive despite suffering, and there is not an explanation as to why they are put through this suffering. Although details about Marie's past are not explained it is clear that she had been sexually abused by her aunt's husband; who she refuses to call her uncle. Marie plans on moving to the city to get away from her uncle when a middle aged man picks her up on the side of the road and offers her a ride. From the beginning of the car ride it is evident that Marie has gone through a traumatic experience that she is struggling to get over. When Tom asks her if she left home because of boy trouble