Eudora Welty's Why I Live At The P. O

Eudora Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O” is a short story that is a prime example of two sisters that are not particularly compatible with one another. The narrator, who is only addressed by the name of Sister, has a younger sister, Stella-Rondo, who makes Sister's life very complicated. Sister seems to be exceptionally envious towards Stella-Rondo’s way of getting whatever she wants in life. Welty creates this one-sided family drama to show that everyone has their own version of the story. Although this situation seems like Stella-Rondo manipulated the entire family against Sister and because this was such a one-sided story, no one really knows what the real conditions were like. The inconsistency of having a one sided story is that the reader may observe Sister differently than who she actually is. This is a first person short story that only centers around Sister's thoughts, feelings, and actions.
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She knew she did not want to be around her sister so she endured all of Stella-Rondo’s tactics. She made it seem that moving to the P.O was her only option. When in reality, Sister was just her own form of isolation. Being isolated what Sister wanted in the first place to not be around Stella-Rondo. That is why Sister never had any reaction towards her sister controlling her family. She believes now that she is living in the P.O she can finally be who is really is instead of living in the shadow of her family.
The story was told in the first person which revolved one person’s thoughts, feelings, and actions. From Sisters point of view, she made it seem like she was forced to move out. Well, that is not necessarily the problem in the story. The problem is that Sister wanted all of these instances to take place to get away from her slightly preposterous family. Even though Sister acted as the victim of the story she was actually saved by the least heroic