The Use Of Force By William Carlos Williams

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“Then the battle began.” The story called “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams tells the tale of a doctor. The doctor gets a call from a family who is concerned about their daughter. The story is written in the first person and limits the reader because the narrator is unreliable. The doctor is an unreliable narrator because he decides what to tell the reader, he uses odd words, and because of the irony.
The point of view affects the reading and understanding because of the way the doctor tells the story. He uses a strange word choice and uses words such as gagged, pleasure, and attack. The doctor makes things seem as if what the doctor has done is closer to rape rather than a simple check up. The author uses word choice to give the

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