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“I Stand Here Ironing,” by Tillie Olsen is a monologue portraying the life and regret of a young mother struggling to raise her oldest daughter Emily, who is now nineteen years old. ...
As the mother stands before her ironing board she is mentally telling her painful tale to someone who the reader supposes to be Emily’s social worker or guidance counselor. ... “I used to try to hold and love her after she came back, but her body would stay stiff, and after awhile she’d push away. ... “I was a young mother, I was a distracted mother. ... that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron. ... The mother wants her daughter Emily to stand up to life as she has; she wants Emily to be strong and to have a life which she shapes. The mother wants Emily to know that she is more than the dress on the ironing board which gets flattened by the iron.
Approximate Word count = 856
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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