This is a psychiatric report on Trina after she and Mcteague won the lottery and gained a place in society. There was definitely a mental change in Trina after she wins the money. She goes from a sweet innocent young lady to a crazed societal zombie. All of this was attributed to the pressure that societal standards put on her. This can be seen from the very beginning of the novel. Trina was not attracted to Mcteague at all in the beginning. She finds him repulsive, but she was coming upon the age that a woman should marry, according to societal standards of course. She decides to settle with Mcteague even though she has her doubts. This shows the illusion of freedom because she could marry anyone she wanted but society was trying to wed her as quickly as possible. …show more content…
This and marital issues have put a huge pressure upon her. She feels like she has a standard to live up to. What suppresses her freedom is society’s standards because they are not her own. Mcteague is a naturalism novel and it shows what it is really like to win the lottery. The highlighted parts are problems that Trina faces after she wins the money and marries Mcteague. First of all Trina was feeling a sense of depression. This was because she was practically forced into marrying Mcteauge and now it was setting in that this is her husband. When her parents leave her house after the wedding she realizes “She was to be left alone with this man to whom she had just been married” (Norris 113). It was a chilling realization and it seems like she has regrets in following what society wanted of