Grief affects people in various ways. Sarah Meehan Sirk's explores the side effects of losing a loved one in her short story, In the Dark. In this piece, Martha is extremely anxious when her husband, Paul, leaves Toronto to spend time in Miami. As the story escalates, so does her anxiety. She becomes so frightened that she calls Paul only to discover that he is crying over the loss of their daughter. His state of mind causes her to forget why she phoned him in the first place.
Sirk is a master of emotion in this piece. She builds up the story and Martha's nervous personality without revealing the reason for her paranoia, the death of her daughter, until the conclusion. She saves information about the characters and feeds it to the readers
Sirk is a master of emotion in this piece. She builds up the story and Martha's nervous personality without revealing the reason for her paranoia, the death of her daughter, until the conclusion. She saves information about the characters and feeds it to the readers