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Essay Galaxy - I Stand Here Ironing
A Mother�s Decision In the short story "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen, the reader is introduced to a mother faced with a strong internal conflict involving her eldest daughter Emily. Emily�s mother makes a very meaningful statement at the end of the story. Her statement was "help [Emily] to know that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron" (Olsen, 582). This statement shows the reader that the mother wants her daughter to have a better life than what she has had up to this point. Emily�s mother feels as though she has neglected her daughter in some sense. Throughout the story she describes two negative aspects of Emily�s childhood. First she talks about sending Emily to live with her relatives as a toddler. Next she describes sending Em....
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Number Of Words: 300 |
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