The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams

It amazes me how William Carlos Williams uses the Dr.'s authority to over power the sick young girl from beginning to the end of the story. The Dr. closely attempts to help the sick child several times before she realizes he is determined just as much as she was to be in charge of their situation. The sick girl wasn't afraid of the Dr. but it seems if she's not use to being obedient. Her parents warned her several times to behave and let the Dr. help her get better. Instead she sizes up everyone up and moves and attacks the Doctor. Off instinct, like any child, the girl seem as if has the wrong idea of a doctor and the benefits of being examined. When the Olsen's called the Doctor, they seemed afraid of their daughter's mild illness. Williams doesn't go from weak to strong in this short story. A doctor being educated and employed leaves him no choice but to do his job, help cure illness. Williams doesn't give you much information about the Olsen's background but the story reveals the culture differences that might have been a main factor in the child's response to the doctor. I might be wrong but I entered Dr. Petals told me the visit would be good or bad. I lacked knowledge about the importance of vaccine and entering the office I put up a fight until my feet and hands were tied to a chair. This same force relates back to authoritive figures, cultural input and power determined by the fearless doctor. In the story it may seem unfair but the girl gave in to doctors the aggressive nature and let him in with a little bit of force.

HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS BY Ernest Miller Hemingway

Through out the short story, The "girl"and the American man are traveling and holding a stirring conversation. Without a traditional plot, the conversation is held by pregnant girl and an American man who suggest she have an abortion.Hemingway not outlining the plot of the story, The American appears to be manipulating the girls outcome in order to perpetuate a lifestyle in which she is a convenient with out a child. Throughout the story, the girl expressions changes from frustration to vulnerable to please the American. During the conversation, she tells the man to stop talking. The girl wants to make a decision on her own. Throughout the story the man is trying provide a solution to his benefit but the girl wants to decide for her benefit of her physical health and emotional state of mind. I believe Hemingway provides time for the girl to reflect the "train ride" to her, continuous journey's she is facing as a pregnant woman. The aftermath of getting of the abortion would solely be her responsibility because the American doesn't hint readers he will be present if she keeps the baby. Hemingway not giving the conversation an outside relevance too their dialect, makes me question the significance of the American. Were him an the girl lovers', friends, or associates ?. The story's tone gives you a vivid idea of how convincing the American is to the girl to get an abortion. The abortion is considered a "simple" operation in the American eyes. The girl repeats she doesn't care about her self more than the American. She becomes vulnerable in the end. She wants to have the baby but if it means loosing the American she chooses to get an abortion.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall Paper

"The yellow Wall Paper" symbolizes the struggle of a isolated wife breaking free from a marital bind during 1899. I felt a connection between me and the "nameless"character. She is observant, wise and a secretive writer. Even though her physician husband, John loved her and provided for his household he imprisoned his wife's mind and stunted her career. He knew writing would set her free, give her a status in society. Instead of encouraging her "Dr"John tells her she is "ill" when its his tarnished ego.The gruesome image of the Wall Paper helped me imagine what woman were experiencing in their marriages during the late 1800's.Woman got the right to vote in 1920, thirty years after this story was published. Were woman really treated like the old stained wall paper Gilman describes?Yes, because I recognize that stained "Yellow Wallpaper" today.

Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour

Author Kate Chopin, reeled me back in time, it's 1894 and i'm reading "The story of an Hour". The story clearly expresses the Freedom of a trapped wife in the late 1800's. Was Ms. Mallard free? Was she expressing eternal freedom without her husband or freedom as a widowed woman? Chopin tells the story in a hour. I feel the hour expresses the last 60 minutes of reality for Ms.Millard to only figure this is a man's world and that's why Chopin doesn't kill Mr. Millard and has has him return upon her death. Ms.Millard "was young, with a fair,calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength."It appears Ms.Millard heart condition was a reflection of her unfair marriage not her physical health . She was in a bind and only when her sister Josehpine informed her Mr.Millard is dead she seeks freedom. She knew what freedom was and it was time to make a decision on her own"she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. Ms. Mallard never express the life of her estranged husband. I believe Chopin fakes Mr. Millard death to only reappear when his wife finally makes a decision.Ms. Millard experience eternal freedom. Chopin shows the different levels of freedom for Ms. Millard. She takes the intuitive to close the door If he didn't appear to be dead Ms.Millard wouldn't find the courage too be "free,free,free". The freedom Chopin expresses isn't physical it's a "after life" freedom. Ms. Millard chooses eternal life over the stained life she lived as a wife and thats when she finally passes away. She is free. Her death symbolizes her freedom.