The story 's opening sentence describes the couple as somewhat bland and certainly normal. The statement that they are in their "late thirties" and appear "unmistakably married" (line one) immediately categorizes them and therefore stereotypes them. The fact that they sit in a "narrow" (line two) restaurant suggests that with their bland, stable demeanor, perhaps they are narrow-minded. With the couple 's strict regard for the appropriate behavior of a man and wife, as is evident later in the text,
The story 's opening sentence describes the couple as somewhat bland and certainly normal. The statement that they are in their "late thirties" and appear "unmistakably married" (line one) immediately categorizes them and therefore stereotypes them. The fact that they sit in a "narrow" (line two) restaurant suggests that with their bland, stable demeanor, perhaps they are narrow-minded. With the couple 's strict regard for the appropriate behavior of a man and wife, as is evident later in the text,