So the story starts up as a very young, poor, African-American woman that works for a white woman of wealth. Margaret detests this woman and things very unkindly of her then finds out that she cannot have any children due to a hysterectomy. Considering all the context throughout the story it seems like it starts in a time where slavery and racism played a big role in many people’s lives and definitely was a big factor in this passage. Margaret starts to feel bad for her but then Mrs. Cuillnan starts to call her Mary since it is shorter than Margaret and easier to say out of signed of blatant disrespect. This was so out of line for the silver spoon of a woman to say to her just out of blatant disrespect and going against her dignity as a human being. Then finally Margaret is is fed up and results to a fight or flight response with the casserole dish and the two green glass cups. |
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