Irony And Foreshadowing In Cody Hale's Going Up

In Cody Hale's "Going Up," women seem to have the role of staying home and taking care of children while the man of the house works. It seems as if they are not well respected and it is a hassle to get a job or to even have a slight chance of getting a job. The main character goes through trials and tribulations but stays level headed and protects her children showing how strong women really are and why they deserve to be respected. In the short story, "Going Up," symbolism, irony, metaphor, and foreshadowing is used to involve readers in the story and help them understand the hardships the main character, Amy Howell, goes through but she is still able to stay afloat, especially in the presence of her children. (Insert another sentence.)
Going Up occurs in an elevator, hence the name, but the title can refer to more than just the name.. It could also be referring to Ms. Howell going up, as in death but let’s get to …show more content…
It makes me believe that she will not make it and makes me worry about what will happen to her kids. "I feel like I’m falling. Doomed to the black and void. My child’s voice echoes over the dark waters of my mind—The fading beam of a lighthouse," causes me to think that she dies and it did not end well. I did not suspect that the story would end as it did. In the beginning, I sympathize with her during the phone call about her incomplete paperwork but I felt that she could not control her kid. My opinion did change. I feel like she was an overwhelmed mother attempting to do whatever she could to take care of her children and the elevator scene proved just that. It would say the depth of what one person would go through to protect their family. It would show the significance and love in motherhood. It would show the hardships of going through a divorce. The power of love, and lastly, the different types of relationships: Mother and son, Doctor and