The narrator, oppressed by personal and environmental circumstances, pours out the choices she has made as a mother. In this short story She reveals the dark side of being a parent and discusses the heartbreak, lack of control, and hopelessness that most single mothers and low income and lower middle class households go through. what i find most interesting is that she gives an honest view of motherhood that is typically absent from the image of the self-denying, long-suffering “ideal mother” that society expects women to embrace.
Yes, I agree with you that the narrator/mother "gives an honest view of motherhood that is typically absent" from the "ideal mother" narrative society expects.Why, as you aptly phrase it, does the narrator "pour out" her story? Who is she addressing when she says 'you'? Do you think it is worth considering the time period when this story is set to get a better idea of the mother's experience?
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