I Stand Here Ironing
A short story is a good way to get inside the mind of a character in three to five pages. Short stories have been around for many of years and the Greek used it as ways to tell stories about the gods and war (Hansen, N.D.). After reading these short stories: Chopin, "The Story of an Hour", Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily", Updike, "A&P", Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing", and Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado" the one stands out as the best is Olsen story “I Stand Here Ironing”. This story brought understating to a single mothers hardship through its plot, point of view, character detail. The author’s bio was the first thing that made me want to read her work. In her bio, it said that Tillie Olsen, like to write stories about the everyday person. By doing
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The text explained that the point of view is whose vantage points the author wants the story to be presented. This can be done in different viewpoint such as the first, second, or third person. “I Stand Here Ironing” was told in the first person. In order to tell a story in first person the author has to tell its story using words like I or we (Kriszner, 2018). The narrator of this story was the mother of the daughter Emily. She tells the story from her view so we never know who the mom is talking to. The mother tells the person her story and also tells the reader the questions asked to here. By putting the story in the point of view of the mother allows the reader to relate more with the mom and understands why her daughter is the way she is. The story told how the mother viewed her daughter and how it changed over time. The mother saw her daughter as a beautiful baby that she was unable to spend time with because of their situation. The regret the mother showed for the way she raised her daughter, is something that we would not have been able to get from any other point of view. The mother was able to show the reader that she is not a bad mother and did all she could do to raise her daughter right. This point of view did have wanted to know more about daughter and what type of help did she
The text explained that the point of view is whose vantage points the author wants the story to be presented. This can be done in different viewpoint such as the first, second, or third person. “I Stand Here Ironing” was told in the first person. In order to tell a story in first person the author has to tell its story using words like I or we (Kriszner, 2018). The narrator of this story was the mother of the daughter Emily. She tells the story from her view so we never know who the mom is talking to. The mother tells the person her story and also tells the reader the questions asked to here. By putting the story in the point of view of the mother allows the reader to relate more with the mom and understands why her daughter is the way she is. The story told how the mother viewed her daughter and how it changed over time. The mother saw her daughter as a beautiful baby that she was unable to spend time with because of their situation. The regret the mother showed for the way she raised her daughter, is something that we would not have been able to get from any other point of view. The mother was able to show the reader that she is not a bad mother and did all she could do to raise her daughter right. This point of view did have wanted to know more about daughter and what type of help did she