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I stand here ironing was written by Tillie Lerner Olsen and published in 1961. Do you know why the mother stand here and iron? Do you know what happened during ironing? In the perspective of Emily’s mother, the author will tell a story which happened in the Great Depression and recorded upbringing of her firstborn daughter Emily, from a beautiful baby to a cynicism and crooked teen. Emily was born in Great Depression and her father left before she was one year old because he couldn’t stand the…

Due to the events of the story I Stand Here Ironing, the author Tillie Olsen seems to be pessimistic, often dwelling on the negative because Emily's mom seems to not have a positive outlook for Emily's life. Emily’s mother talks about everything Emily had encountered during her life, consisting mostly of the negative aspects in her life. From these negative situations Emily comes to not have a positive outlook on her own life. Emily’s mother focuses on the negative, but she also caused this hard…

“I Stand Here Ironing”: A Daughter’s Identity Crisis A single woman trying to raise a child alone during a great depression is almost impossible. It is hard for a woman to raise a child on her own. It is even harder when a mother does not have other family members, a steady job, or income to help take care of a child. Tillie Olsen, an American writer who wrote “I Stand here Ironing” while standing at an ironing board herself, demonstrates how being left by a man to raise a child during a time…

happened. “Anyone could, with such a jewel! But he has made his bed; let him lie in it. It will cost him dearly. Two servants have gone into the making of that sauce” (Rojas, 151)! You cannot alter the past you can only help better your future. Right here Sosia is explaining how he has to overcome what he has done and dig himself out of the trouble he has created.…

“What? Get out of here... She did not.” I told her actually feeling a little embarrassed for not having known any of this. “It’s true, I’ve seen many pictures of you as you grew up in Alabama.” Katelyn said, but then she added, “I think that may have also even been the reason I felt myself subconsciously drawn to you when I saw you sitting there by yourself in the cafeteria. Either that or I’ve just got a soft spot to take pity on friendless dorks.” “Hey, well, I don’t know anything…

The story, “I Stand Here Ironing”, gives an insight into the life of a single, young mother trying to care for her first-born child, along with caring for other children as well. The story is told through the mother’s point of view, which lets the reader understand her thought process. Because the story is told from the mother’s perspective, it allows the reader to gain a better understanding of the mother and her life. The mother’s perspective also allows the reader to understand background…

The drama of the recent presidential election left Americans asking the question, “What just happened here?” Whether a person’s favorite candidate won or lost is irrelevant to this discussion. What is important is the way in which people acted and reacted as tweets, posts, and advertisements went viral, and frankly, much of it was not pretty, or kind, or remotely Christ-like. How does a person, or more specifically a Christian, respond to all the negative campaigning full of hurtful words,…

In the works of “Women on the Breadlines” by Meridel LeSeur and “As I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen we see that the human value of Family is destroyed. “Women on the Breadlines” is about a group of women in an unemployment office seeking work after the great depression to care for their families. “As I Stand Here Ironing” is about a mother who had to give her first daughter away for a while to be taken care of while the mother looked for stable…

"It Can't happened Here" is a play adapted Sinclair Lewis's novel. A semi-satirical political novel. This play is talking about the competition between two parties. The protagonist of the play, Doremus Jessup, an editor with a traditional liberal and communist theories, but his theory is contrary to the incumbent President with populist. The author descriptions Jessup in the novel is, "Pretty smart fella but kind of a cynic" (It can't happened here; Chapter 1) And in this play Jessup was…

This outstanding author that goes by the name of Tillie Olsen which she had written the story "I Stand Here Ironing" at the time to show what she went through. The author of this piece of fiction is having the audience do some thinking, especially on what grand historical time it took place in. This short story had taken time during The Great Depression and World War II. The narrator of the story has mentioned to the audience how true the hardships that many women had endured during this…