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Helpless Before The Iron In Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing"
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In Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing," the narrator seeks, through language and memory, to construct her past, to make meaning from and come to terms with her life in an effort to "total it all", and to gain a better understanding of her actions as a mother. While the mother is standing in fro ....
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....to have to raise Emily on her own and with no experience. This proves to be one of the major causes of the families turmoil. There is no time to spend with Emily because there are now new responsibilities for the narrator to do household duties and take care of Emily and the rest of her children.
Along with being young and single, the narrator is also helpless because of her financial status. She often finds herself having to work apart from her children. In the story, the narrator explains .... |
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