Appearance Versus Reality in Katharine Anne Porters He :: Katharine Anne Porter He Essays

Appearance Versus Reality in Katharine Anne Porters He So many memories came to my mind while reading this business relationship I grew up in a family (or at least one side of that family) who unendingly give cared and worried astir(predicate) what other people thought Most obviously, the ill-considered story, He, by Katharine Anne Porter is about appearance vs. reality and living with a incapacitate child. But I also guess the story is about life, the difficultyaticalships of life, poverty, the innocence of children, the trust children put into their parents, the gossip of small towns, the resentment and bitter of the warmships of life, being a mother, rural life, denial, guilt, and compassion. Most importantly, however, I believe the story is mostly about the resentment of the hardships of life and appearance vs. reality. Edgar Allan Poe once utter in his Twice Told Tales that a writer must give her whiz effect, or thesis, in the first sentence of a story or they have made a mistake. So, I always look at the first sentence of a story when I read it to tick off what themes it provokes. The first sentence in He is Life was very hard for the Whipples (324). Throughout the story, we get a building up of just how hard life was for the Whipples. Through all these hardships, Mrs. Whipple seems to be resentful of every problem the family must overcome. Instead of supporting her husband and her children she complains about everything and seems to worry entirely about herself. For example, one of the first instances of Mrs. Whipples true feelings of resentment of having a disabled child (and the burden that creates) comes when she butchers the pig. After she slits its throat, He runs away and Mrs. Whipple speak ups to herself with a roiled face Hed eat it all if I didnt stop him. Hed eat up every mouthful from the other two if Id let him (327). Here, I believe Mrs. Whipples tone is very resentful that she has a disabled child that cannot think for or take care of himself. Mrs. Whipple must always take care of Him first before anyone else since he cannot fend for himself. She gets tired trying to honour Him decent (327). This scene also shows how resentful Mrs.