The Use Of Force Analysis

The Pain for Keep a Secret In the short story, “The Use of Force”, by William Carlos Williams, two parents want to know the exact cause of their daughter illness, they ask the doctor if he can examine their daughter, Mathilda. The girl fights against the doctor and makes the examination awfully difficult. Afterward, the doctor must have to recur to force. In Williams “The Use of Force”, is showing that the child is fighting for her life and how the situation that she is living affect her.
The child does not feel a connection with adults for the situation that she is going through. She is having bad days, where she does not want to talk with anyone about how she is feeling emotionally and physically. For this reason, she reacts in an aggressive way to …show more content…
She is trying to continue combating but there is a moment where she cannot keep her battle and suddenly give up. The author states that “She was furious. She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked. Tried to get off her father’s lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes” (1236). The doctor exclaims that “she was furious” and “defensive” to show how the girl feels about the situation that she is going through. Also, the author says “fly at me” to show that the girl finally trusts in him. Matilda already know that she can let the doctor does his work. Furthermore, the doctor uses the word “tears” to show that she finally gives up, Matilda is trying to talk with him about what she is feeling.
The doctor is using force to show how the protection of the parents to their child, are affecting her. The parents are causing the death of their child because they do not want to use the force. The parents’ decision of keep the force out is bringing more pressure for Matilda. There are many values that Matilda has, the author shows her like a person who is fighting for her life and has the courage to fight against her parents and the