Essays on I Stand Here Ironing

Literature Review: Comparison-Contrast Organizational Plan

Each of the stories “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen introduce a Girl to the reader through a third party, the narrator. Ironing is an activity in both stories. Kincaid’s Girl is receiving many lessons on how to wash clothes, cook pumpkin fritters and other household duties including ironing her “father’s khaki shirt” and “khaki pants so they don’t have a crease” (380). Ironing is only one of the tasks in a long list of tasks Girl needs to learn and to do. On the other hand the Olsen’s ...

The setting is very important in any work of fiction. Often, the setting in the work of fiction carries a symbolic meaning that helps underscore the central theme of the work of fiction. In light of this, this paper will consider the symbolic function that the settings in A Worn Path and I Stand Here Ironing by Eudora Welty and Tillie Olsen respectively. The central theme in Eudora’s A Worn Path is the triumph of human love. This is seen through the protagonist who endures everything to make a journey inspired by the love for her grandson. Although she is ...

John Updike’s ‘A&P’ and Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing’ are two short stories that seemingly do not have anything similar, yet share some themes that form the central core of the stories. Although there are more differences between the two short stories the themes of conflict, feminism and self-analysis runs through both the stories.

Updike is multifaceted and was a novelist, an art and literary critic and a poet. He was a proliferate writer and is one of the very few writers who won the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Most characters in his works go through a personal ...

There are a lot of literary elements that form the base as focused on the story interpretation. As factored on the story, the girl’s mother is seen to be having numerous activities to carry out at the expense of her parental responsibilities. As spelt out in the story, she gives every bit of excuse as to why she cannot make it to school despite her being summoned. It is equally clear from the same story that there is a poor relationship between the girl and her mother. In the normal circumstance, a mother cannot talk all that ill against her daughter ...

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An Alternating Arrangement Analysis The portrayal of women in the short stories “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield are quite similar to each other. The four most prominent themes when it comes to women and feminism in both stories are the image of a mother, women and physical appearances, assigned tasks to women, and social class. In the succeeding paragraphs, this essay will try to analyze and explain how those themes are present and are related from ...

John Updike’s ‘A&P’ and Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing’ are two short stories that seemingly do not have anything similar, yet they share some themes that form the central core of the stories. Although there are distinct differences between the two short stories, the themes of conflict, feminism, and self-analysis run through both the stories. Updike is multifaceted, being a novelist, a literary critic, and a poet. He was a prolific writer and is one of the very few writers who won the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Most characters in his works go through a personal conflict and have ...

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Responsibility involves morals and ethics clearly defining a parent’s role as to knowing what actions are necessary to take. The decisions parents take on those actions affect how a child’s life will be determined, resulting in a vital turning point. Consequently, in “As I Stand Here Ironing” the feeling of welfare for Emily was stronger than the perception of the narrator seeing as a victim. Based on Emily’s childhood, she was not affected by the circumstances of the time but by the affection the narrator gives ...

The Man Who Was Almost a Man

Although this story is typically coming to age, The man who was almost a man as well depicts the greater struggles of Dave with poverty and poverty, and it is a commendable piece of naturalistic work. Naturalists like Wright integrated stringing social criticism into their novels and stories through pitting their characters against environmental, economic and social forces, which they are unable to control. In making Dave a social oppression victim, for instance Wright attacks whites, which linger power over the black’s life. The desire by Dave to own a gun depicts a greater desperation and psychological need of establishing himself in the ...

Often, an author will write about what they know best. Which, invariably, is their own experience of life, love and everything in between. Authors do this for a number of reasons: because they know it so well that they can make an excellent story of it; because they usually have a message that they wish to convey to the world as a result of that experience. Tell Me a Riddle is a collection of short stories, written by Tillie Olsen, first published in 1961. It is a prime example of an author writing for the purpose of conveying a message: Olsen was a well-established feminist writer; her ...