“I STAND HERE IRONING”
I Stand Here Ironing mirrors the author, Tillie Olsen, life through the setting, theme, plot, and the main character. Tilly Olsen portrays some of her struggle through life with having a child and raising and trying to provide for the child as a single parent. This is a story i can relate to esentially because my mother was like Tillie olsen ,My Mother had to work like Tillie Olsen did because of my sibling’s and I’s father’s left when we were younger so my mother had to work alot to be able to support and raise 3 boys by herself and that involved us spending alot of time with other family members why she worked so we were really not able to see her much and when we did it was only for a short period of time when we first wake up and when she would pick us up after work because by the time we had gotten home it was time to head off to bed so i can relate to Emily. I believe it’s because of that my mother and i do not have the strong bond that a mother and son should have.
(PLOT—The main events)
The narrator is ironing and speaking on the phone to someone that is concerned about her daughter Emily how her performance has been , the disease that she acquired surely did not help with her performance in school and other daily activities and it shows because of all the school she had missed due to the disease people at …show more content…
Later in the story Emily comes down with a disease and is sent to a care home so she could get the care that her mother couldn't give her. While she was at the care home her mother only visited twice a month which did not help because it made them drift further a further apart. When Emily was able to leave the care home she was not only distant, she was also single minded and
I Stand Here Ironing mirrors the author, Tillie Olsen, life through the setting, theme, plot, and the main character. Tilly Olsen portrays some of her struggle through life with having a child and raising and trying to provide for the child as a single parent. This is a story i can relate to esentially because my mother was like Tillie olsen ,My Mother had to work like Tillie Olsen did because of my sibling’s and I’s father’s left when we were younger so my mother had to work alot to be able to support and raise 3 boys by herself and that involved us spending alot of time with other family members why she worked so we were really not able to see her much and when we did it was only for a short period of time when we first wake up and when she would pick us up after work because by the time we had gotten home it was time to head off to bed so i can relate to Emily. I believe it’s because of that my mother and i do not have the strong bond that a mother and son should have.
(PLOT—The main events)
The narrator is ironing and speaking on the phone to someone that is concerned about her daughter Emily how her performance has been , the disease that she acquired surely did not help with her performance in school and other daily activities and it shows because of all the school she had missed due to the disease people at …show more content…
Later in the story Emily comes down with a disease and is sent to a care home so she could get the care that her mother couldn't give her. While she was at the care home her mother only visited twice a month which did not help because it made them drift further a further apart. When Emily was able to leave the care home she was not only distant, she was also single minded and