I Stand Here Ironing, an Analysis

Tilly Olson's "I am ironing here" is a short story about children with disabilities. Emily had to fight a lot in a short life, but eventually she proved to be a very strong child. Emily 's depiction of Tilly Olsen shows a strong female protagonist overcoming innumerable difficulties: solitude, humility, vulnerability and obstacles. The story is based on the physical disorder of a child named Emily. Emily is a family of five. "She always has reason to make us stay home" (Olson 601)

The beginning of the story is "I am ironing and standing here, you ask iron to torture back and forth" (Olson 73). It is unusual for the story to start with an explanation of the mother's ironing. This strategy is easy to draw attention of the reader and introduce the character of the narrator to the reader. "I am ironing here" is a very simple and simple explanation, but it conveys a deeper meaning and attracts readers to the story. - A good example of Modernism "I ironed here" by Tillie Olsen is a short story called "I ironed here". This story shows not only the role by gender but also the role as a family. Here, the narrator is the mother giving the reader a glimpse of her life, her choice as a mother, and she is a parent. Through her defense against her own situation, she revealed potential anxieties of obsession with her mother to the reader.

In James Baldwin's two articles "Sonny Blues" and Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing", the authors focus on relationships between families. These stories are told by the brothers and mothers of "Sonny Blues" "I am ironing here," and the story is conveyed only by the family's view. Olson told the reader that the mother 's daughter Emily was raised and that the mother could not control internal conflict with her mother. - The theme of femininity is largely reflected in Adrienne Rich's poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tiger". Rich's poem has a theme similar to Tillie Olson's "I am ironing here". Both of these works represent criticism of the role of women in society. They are all based on the same social theme, but Rich's poems have much greater impact on their readers. Rich poems are easy to connect because it explains women's struggle, success and desire for freedom.