<span>The iron is a symbolic representation and a mirror of the struggles of the narrator as a mother. Tillie Olsen, the author of the book became a young mother during the 1940s. This led to her shifting her dreams of becoming a writer into taking care and raising her four children. <span>
</span>The story was focused on the struggles of working-class women who wanted to balance their family life as well as provide for their families. Ironing people’s clothes was one of those home-bound activities that women can do back then while at the same time help them raise their children.
The iron is also a symbolic representation of motherhood, and that it can be a tiring but also a fulfilling task that a mother can do. The story talks about humbling experiences (i.e. being a working class woman) that can still lead to values that are life-affirming. The setting of the story was during the period of nuclear war and economic recession and what women have to go through to raise their families and portray themselves as mothers in a struggling environment. <span>
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This story takes place in an alternative world. An inventor longs for love in a technological time where he has many inventions. Does he keep working on his inventions or does he go out and seek love? Everything around him is pollution and sad. We have to remember that technology is useful but it can never replace a real companion and real love. Do we allow technology to define humans or do we seek love and real companionship. The girl meets a guy riding a mechanical horse. She loves him but when she has to make the decision to go with him to the technology centered world in the city, she longs for the countryside. She dies in the polluted world. Guess what? He recreates her using technology.
A. I ate a slice of bread last night.
B. Sita lost her earring in the park
C. I sold my watch to him last month
