The story “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen has a very anticlimactic ending, because Emily’s mother`s compassionate actions, while recalling the times with her daughter in the beginning of the tale, are completely contradictory to her rejection of an opportunity to help her daughter at the end. The mother seems to really care about her daughter, and this is evident in the heartfelt way she talks about their events in the past. She previously took care of her child in times of trouble, when there wasn’t a father around to assist. Additionally, at this time Emily’s mother made the best decisions to better her daughter. Towards the end of the story when asked by another woman to help Emily, Emily’s mother’s refuses: it is almost as if the
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The mother is now left to fend for herself and young Emily in the most economically unstable times in the history of the United States of America. Also, the 1930s were not particularly amicable times for women to find jobs. Emily’s mother puts her nose to the grindstone by trying to find ways to keep her and her daughter alive. In an effort to save money, the mother and her daughter are forced to move in with Emily’s grandparents. The family is barely able to get by on their current income, and it does not help when Emily gets sick with the measles. At this point, Emily is in desperate need of medical attention; without it. she will die. This medical treatment requires more money, which is something the family doesn't have. Now the mother begins to work extra grueling hours at her job to earn more preponderant wages in order to keep Emily alive. From this sequence of events, it shows how the mother really, truly loves and would do anything for her daughter. If the mother did not love her daughter, she would have let Emily fight for herself and face her inevitable death alone. The latter circumstance would have made the life of the mother so much easier by not having to take care of another person. Emily’s mother does not quit in her constant battle to provide for her young daughter. This wonderful woman is persistent in trying to give her daughter the best possible life she
The mother is now left to fend for herself and young Emily in the most economically unstable times in the history of the United States of America. Also, the 1930s were not particularly amicable times for women to find jobs. Emily’s mother puts her nose to the grindstone by trying to find ways to keep her and her daughter alive. In an effort to save money, the mother and her daughter are forced to move in with Emily’s grandparents. The family is barely able to get by on their current income, and it does not help when Emily gets sick with the measles. At this point, Emily is in desperate need of medical attention; without it. she will die. This medical treatment requires more money, which is something the family doesn't have. Now the mother begins to work extra grueling hours at her job to earn more preponderant wages in order to keep Emily alive. From this sequence of events, it shows how the mother really, truly loves and would do anything for her daughter. If the mother did not love her daughter, she would have let Emily fight for herself and face her inevitable death alone. The latter circumstance would have made the life of the mother so much easier by not having to take care of another person. Emily’s mother does not quit in her constant battle to provide for her young daughter. This wonderful woman is persistent in trying to give her daughter the best possible life she