Should you expect the unexpected? A story written by Shirley Jackson “The Possibility of Evil” is an story about a respected old woman who could do no wrong in her town. Until she caught doing something; she never though she will never be caught doing. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does, what the narrator says about her, and how other interact with her. This shows how Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyze by considering what she does and says. Miss Strangeworth is a seventy-one old woman who believe the town belong to her and that it her job to fight all evil in it. Miss strangeworth’s is a very sneaky woman. Although Miss Strangeworth's desk held a trimmed quill pen, which had belonged to her …show more content…
When she came into the grocery, half a dozen people turned away from the shelves and the counters to wave at her or call out good morning. Also, Miss Strangeworth is so conceited that she know that people respected; even the children. Miss Strangeworth had never - any self-consciousness before the children. She didn’t that any of them were staring at her unduly or longing to laugh at her; it would have been most reprehensible for their parents to permit their children to mock Miss Strangeworth of Pleasant Street. Most children stood back respectfully as Miss Strangeworth passed, silenced briefly in her presence and some of the order children greeted her, saying soberly, “Hello, Miss Strangeworth”. Without a doubt the respect that Miss Strangeworth get might change once her secret out.
What the narrator say, how other character interact, and what does Miss Strangeworth does and say is not all. Miss Strangeworth character can be consider as sneaky, passionate, respect, and more by the narrator, characters and what she does. Should you expect the unexpected; I guess you would have to read the story to find