Tillie Olsen's I Stand Here Ironing

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This academic journal written by Joanne Frye draws on a close study of Tillie Olsen’s life as a single parent. Fry points out the story of “I Stand Here Ironing” as a reconstruction of a mothers thoughts. To explain the frustration, the author analyzes and acknowledges the narrators struggle for survival as a single parent in the times of depression. Consequently, making the reader aware of guilt the narrator felt as she assessed herself by stating that “’her wisdom came too late”’ (Frye 290). Joanne Frye concludes her analysis with an invitation to the reader to “trust the power” (Frye 202) of individuals by allowing self control. Although the author offers valuable information to her findings, she could validate the sources by providing
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