'Miss Strangeworth In The Possibility Of Evil'

Judgement or Helpfulness Any book can be judged by its cover, but in order to really know the book you must understand it from the inside. The short story,” The Possibility of Evil”, is an example of a lady that judges everyone in her town without ever truly knowing them. Miss Strangeworth, specifically, is an absolute, judgemental woman. She is thoughtless, good-natured, and insulting. Miss Strangeworth is thoughtless because hasn’t any thoughts for anyone one other than herself and her family. Some evidence from the text are,’’The townspeople wanted to put up a statue of Ethan Allen--Miss Strangeworth would frown a little and sound stern --but it should …show more content…
Miss Strangeworth is also insulting at times like when she was in the grocery store. She was thinking as she glanced at Martha Harper, she wasn’t taking proper care or herself. Martha Harper was not as young as young as she used to be, Miss Strangeworth thought. She probably could use a good, strong tonic. “Martha, she said,’’ you don’t look well.’’ Martha said,’’ I’m perfectly all right .’’ When she was outside Helen Crane’s baby hadn’t began to dance, so she said,’’ I haven’t mentioned it to my husband. I suppose she’s just so precious that I worry about her all the time. Well, apologize to her right now,’’ Miss Strangeworth said. “She is probably worrying about why you keep jumping around a lot.” This short story of this lady describes her as thoughtless because of her selfishness, good-natured by sending letters to people letting them know of the troubles that wait before them, and insulting because she realizes that the lady doesn’t look the same because she has gotten older. Miss Strangeworth is short story,” The Possibility of Evil”, is an example of an meddlesome woman who finds out judgement wasn’t necessary. So