Carson Mccullers A Motic Dilemma

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In the short story “a demotic dilemma” written by Carson Mccullers deals with how a parent has to be responsible and must sacrifice their wants and need to take care and provide for their family. As well as the negative effects of a dysfunctional family on a young child. Therefore, it talks about a woman by the name of Emily's that has two children a boy named Andy and a girl named Marianna. Moreover, in the short story Emily's husband Martin has his job translocated by the company he works for to a big city away from the southern life away from family and friends. Which, resulted in Emily losing her stability and social life causing her to relieve this stress and life of isolation by drinking her sorrows away causing her to stumbles down …show more content…

As well as the time she put cayenne on the toast instead of cinnamon and gave to her children. Therefore, Mcculler explicitly shows us that parents must sacrifice their wants and need to protect and provide for their children and that they must place their social life and drinking life on hold for the wellbeing of their children which goes on to show that is dysfunctional family destroys the child's perspective on life and social standards. As well as how Martin suffers from his own dilemma and fears that his wife might cause to his social life and children due to her life consuming …show more content…

Unable to adjust to the changes involved in the m or to make friends, she seeks to escape, through drinking. Without the artifice of alcohol her inferior life is insufficient” (430). Emphasizes the fact that the story is about a woman who is socially unable to adjust to living in the city away from country life and how she is coping with her social problems by using alcohol as a mechanism. Therefore, how she has an internal conflict with herself. As well as how she is unable to cope with a large change in the way of life causing her to lose her strings and spiral down a path of alcohol addiction as a mean of passing time by and distracting herself. moreover, it shows us that she is like an animal that is trap in a cage suffering from the burden of not enjoying herself. Thus, lashing out at her husband while disregarding the danger she is putting her family through mentally traumatic events. As well as strains on the fact that she is not acknowledging the effects and extent of her addiction. Thus, shutting everyone out and eating herself apart. Therefore, she avoids discussing her issues with her husband on the movement to the city which might help with resolving her issue or lessen the magnitude of the stress she is going through. Therefore,

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