Letter To A Wife Analysis

The letter was a five paged letter that was sent from a wife to a husband. The husband being Walter and the wife’s name Bess. It seems like they are talking about girls named Doe, Bertha, and Helen. This letter starts out by saying that Doe and Bertha went downtown for lunch. So Bess decided to write this letter. Then Bess goes on to talk about how Helen seems to be doing well but looks deathly thin and sick. Upon reading farther it can be assumed that Walter and Bess are Helens parents. So Bess then continues to talk about how she keeps taking Helen outside and giving her, her cod liver oil. Then she starts talking about a blizzard that is going on in Iowa which is where the family lives. But then she says I am glad we are not there to enjoy it. So it can be assumed that they are off somewhere waiting for her husband’s …show more content…
Bess does this by explaining how their daughter Helen is doing and what they are doing to make her sickness go away. She also explains what is going on around them in the town. Then Bess gets to the point where the letter is nostalgic and sad. She gets to this point by saying she wishes he was around or was sent home. Also by describing the scene of a solider she saw come home. She also says how she wishes he was there to crawl into bed with her and their kids. But then she makes the letter really light hearted with a scene of pride to the letter. Bess does this almost immediately after she says how much she misses her husband. She says she wishes that it was her husband coming home but someday it will be him. She says it as a sign of faith of him getting out of the war. Faith in what her husband is doing for his country and to show him that they all have his back no and support him no matter what. This really lightens the mood of the letter. Her rhetoric over all in the letter is really informative showing support for her