Story of a scar
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“As a concerned person, and as your brother, I ask you, without meaning to offend, how did you get that scar on the side of your face?”(Mcpherson 97) This is the start of dialogue that plays a significant role in the story. The protagonist, a once attractive African American women who caught the eye of many men, now a scared victim of domestic violence, is sitting in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon's office. The narrator, the man in the waiting room who opens up the dialogue to the protagonist, is also waiting to see the doctor to remove the bandages on his nose. In the story “ The Story of a Scar” By James Mcpherson, the setting and the characters are equally important in the transmittal of domestic violence of the past and present.
Throughout this story the protagonist goes unnamed. The narrator refers to her as “sister.” I believe that is important because it shows his compassion for her although they are complete strangers. Leaving the main character unnamed is a tactic also used in the very popular novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1953). This technique is useful in the reader relation to the main character as every-women. The great description of “sister” helps us also to identify with her as an individual and as any working women. The story tells us that she wore a purple pant suit and a blonde wig. Because this story was set in the 1970’s, the color of her pant suit and her hair both symbolize a bold, strong black women who has been through a lot and despite the scar on her face. The color purple significs beauty but also her sense of sexiness. He can’t necessarily relate to her situation, but as she goes on to tell him about her story, there is a real brotherly way about him.
Because both the narrator and the protagonist are physically flawed, they find themselves in the doctor’s office for the similar reason of fixing their flaws. The setting allows the conversation to take place. The
“As a concerned person, and as your brother, I ask you, without meaning to offend, how did you get that scar on the side of your face?”(Mcpherson 97) This is the start of dialogue that plays a significant role in the story. The protagonist, a once attractive African American women who caught the eye of many men, now a scared victim of domestic violence, is sitting in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon's office. The narrator, the man in the waiting room who opens up the dialogue to the protagonist, is also waiting to see the doctor to remove the bandages on his nose. In the story “ The Story of a Scar” By James Mcpherson, the setting and the characters are equally important in the transmittal of domestic violence of the past and present.
Throughout this story the protagonist goes unnamed. The narrator refers to her as “sister.” I believe that is important because it shows his compassion for her although they are complete strangers. Leaving the main character unnamed is a tactic also used in the very popular novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1953). This technique is useful in the reader relation to the main character as every-women. The great description of “sister” helps us also to identify with her as an individual and as any working women. The story tells us that she wore a purple pant suit and a blonde wig. Because this story was set in the 1970’s, the color of her pant suit and her hair both symbolize a bold, strong black women who has been through a lot and despite the scar on her face. The color purple significs beauty but also her sense of sexiness. He can’t necessarily relate to her situation, but as she goes on to tell him about her story, there is a real brotherly way about him.
Because both the narrator and the protagonist are physically flawed, they find themselves in the doctor’s office for the similar reason of fixing their flaws. The setting allows the conversation to take place. The