Relationships can cause differing levels of emotional and mental change, at least, that’s an idea in the stories “An Ounce of a Cure”, “Story of an Hour”, and “Girl”. Whether the relationship is between family members or has a more romantic origin can be a factor in how it affects the characters. In the story “An Ounce of a Cure”, is one of the most noticeable examples of the effect of turmoil between “lovers” on the characters emotional and mental state. The story is about a young girl of less than sixteen and a downward spiral of events after her High-School boyfriend Martin Collingwood broke up with her. She first displays her shift in emotional state a few weeks into their relationship when he kisses her for the first time, “I
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Mallard continues to grow in excitement towards her newfound freedom, “this possession of self-assentation which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being” (151). The story displays the pinnacle of this newfound happiness with the statements, “she was drinking in the very elixir of life” (151) and “she breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday that she had thought with a shudder that life might be long” (151). These two sentences show us that she has gained a bit more clarity on the situation and is truly excited about her future, free from the restraints of her marriage and that her relationship had been causing her to have a dim outlook on her …show more content…
The story’s repeated use of phrases such as “on Sundays try to walk like a lady an not like the slut you are so bent on becoming” (163) and “this is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut that I have warned you against becoming” (163) show us that the girl probably has some low self-esteem issues, due possibly by harsh and judgmental treatment by parental figures.
The story has a few points that would appear as a back and forth dialogue between the girl and a mother figure such as, “don’t sing benna in Sunday school… But I don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school” (163). These dialogues being taken as the girl talking back and forth with herself, shows us a possibility of loneliness or lack of many outside relations, and a high amount of
Mallard continues to grow in excitement towards her newfound freedom, “this possession of self-assentation which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being” (151). The story displays the pinnacle of this newfound happiness with the statements, “she was drinking in the very elixir of life” (151) and “she breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday that she had thought with a shudder that life might be long” (151). These two sentences show us that she has gained a bit more clarity on the situation and is truly excited about her future, free from the restraints of her marriage and that her relationship had been causing her to have a dim outlook on her …show more content…
The story’s repeated use of phrases such as “on Sundays try to walk like a lady an not like the slut you are so bent on becoming” (163) and “this is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut that I have warned you against becoming” (163) show us that the girl probably has some low self-esteem issues, due possibly by harsh and judgmental treatment by parental figures.
The story has a few points that would appear as a back and forth dialogue between the girl and a mother figure such as, “don’t sing benna in Sunday school… But I don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school” (163). These dialogues being taken as the girl talking back and forth with herself, shows us a possibility of loneliness or lack of many outside relations, and a high amount of