Texas EOC English 2: 1.3 Understanding and Analysis Across Genres

right in the beginning of paragraph to the narrator says

that she cannot repeat the first sentence to a living

soul in order to what And here the pencil answers

brother All right we're going to have to do a

little reading between the lines If you want to get

into the mind of our narrator So let's kick this

off by mixing option c Now the narrator does seem

a little insecure about her opinions especially on the subject

of whether or not she's depressed in hysterical but that's

not the reason she can't repeat her story to another

living person Well dee won't do the trick either Narrator

isn't trying to emphasize that she could trust and confide

in her husband It seems like she could only trust

and confide in her words now dead paper Oh and

you know all the people who read this story over

the years He is attempting answer because the narrator is

sharing a secret but this option this is something that's

more important is the only choice that totally gets it

The narrator tells us how her husband is a respected

doctor Who's declared that she's not really sick in the

time period in which this passage was written it was

not okay for a woman to go around town questioning

her husband especially when it had to do with his

professional judgment But hey at least the paper she's writing 00:01:31.3 --> [endTime] on one question Her sanity