I Stand Here Ironing By Tillie Olsen

Part A:

“I Stand Here Ironing,” a story by Tillie Olsen, is about the narrator, her husband, her two daughters Emily and Susan, her infant son Ronnie, and Emily's father. The story begins by showing the narrator ironing, while talking to someone about her daughter Emily who needs help and guidance in her life. Then the narrator begins to reflect on Emily's past as a child. She said that Emily was a beautiful baby full of happiness. Then she thinks about having to leave Emily with the neighbors, so she could look for a job and soon after, to her father, so she could save money. The narrator admits that she never smiled enough at Emily, she only ever expressed a worried face, which made her grow up to be a serious and closed-off person. Emily