I Stand Here Ironing
from “I Stand Here Ironing” from by Tillie Olsen
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Assignment
Choose one of the short stories you read in lesson/unit 1 (see Tutorials and/or Announcements section for a page by page reference guide on where stories can be located). Consider the elements of a short story you learned about in unit 1 (plot, climax, resolution, conflict, characterization, setting, mood), and write a 3-5 paragraph analysis of the story. An analysis encourages you to think about the author’s choices and the significance of these choices (how and why the work was written). Be sure to address specifically how these elements directly impact the overall meaning and theme of the short story.
Here is the outline
Midterm Exam 5 (Short Story Analysis) Outline Introduction: State the title and author of the story (from assigned course list) Identify the theme of the story. Identify 2 or 3 elements of story (plot, setting, characterization, climax, mood, etc) the author used to bring out that theme. Body Paragraph 1: Discuss the first element of story you identified in the introduction Provide quotes and/or descriptions from the story to show this element in the story Explain how these examples bring out the theme. Body Paragraph 2: Discuss the second element of story you identified in the introduction Provide quotes and/or descriptions from the story to show this element in the story Explain how these examples bring out the theme. Conclusion Do not provide any new information or analysis here. Sum up your overall analysis of how the author conveyed the theme through the use of specific elements of story.
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The title of the story is, ‘I Stand Here Ironing’. The author of this story is Tillie Olsen. The story focuses about the mother-child relationship and the kind of obstacles that come to create a divide between the same. The major theme of the story is poverty. The story shows how poverty affects the lives of people and especially the kind of relationships that people have…………………..
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