Shiloh Justified In Great Falls

Throughout this semester, we have read many types of stories each having different problems and situation. In the short stories “Shiloh”, “Great Falls” and “Personal Testimony”, each of the main characters have taken drastic actions in certain situations, but were they justified in those situations? The first story I will discussion is “Shiloh.” To begin we will start with why Leroy stopped working in the first place. Leroy is a truck driver who injured his leg in a highway accident and is now going through physical therapy. After his accident he stays home with his wife, Norma Jean and realizes many things he did not noticed before. Since the accident he has showed no want or will to want to get a new job or go back to driving. Doing nothing with his life is not the answer in any aspect; however I think the reason he did want to stay home is because how much of his marriage he truly missed throughout the years. …show more content…
She is doing this because she is mad at her father for lying to her about being adopted. Now she isn’t doing this intentionally to hurt her father, she is overcome with the news of being adopted. She is simply testing her parents to see if she sins what they will do to her. I believe that Ellen is justified in her behavior in “Personal Testimony” simply because she is coping with the fact of being lied to and being adopted at 9 years old. All three short stories discussion above each had points where the behavior shouldn’t be justified and points where is should be justified. Overall I believe that Leroy was justified for staying at home and trying to fix his marriage, as well as Ellen was for sinning against her father because she was overcome with emotion. Mrs. Russell in “Great Falls” is the only one that I find unjustified because she was being plain selfish for leaving her son and