"She was a child of anxious, not proud, love. We were poor and could not afford for her the soil of easy growth."
What is Product of War
100
Represents chores and responsibilities that prevented her from being more engaged in Emily's life
Ironic- these are the duties that kept her away from Emily
What is the Iron
100
For Emily to return to the state of being before she went to live with her dad.
What is the Narrator's American Dream
100
Mother's burden in poverty
What is A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
200
"Or I will become engulfed with all I did or not do, with what should have been and what cannot be helped."
What is the Burdens of Motherhood
200
Represents narrator's inability to take care of her children
Emily can only recover is strangers can take care of her
What is the Convalescent Home
200
The Narrator's other American Dream
To take better care of her children, especially Emily
200
Anti-War/Product of War
What is Salute! and Howl
300
" 'Oh those,' she comes back in, kisses me, and says quite lightly, 'in a couple years when we'll all be atom-dead they won't matter a bit.' "
What is Product of War
300
Distance between Emily and her mother
What is Emily's Balcony
300
Emily's American Dream
To be a comedian, but it won't matter because of her beliefs about the war.
300
Not everything turns out as planned, and as "pretty" as expected.
What is Hemingway's In Our Time
400
"I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron"
What is Guilt and Regret
400
Emily's success
What is her Comedy
400
Emily's other Dream
To have a present mother that puts her first over all things.
400
A mother with many burdens, such as being a single mother, and depends on the oldest child for support.