Summary How To Cite in MLA Format Sexton, Timothy. Next Section Glossary Previous Section Why I Live at the P.O.
Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Eudora Welty is a storyteller’s storyteller a writer. is told by Sister, an unreliable narrator if there ever was one It’s as if Sister is sitting you down and letting her tale of crazy family relationships rip while you listen speechless, unable to get a word in edgewise. It is Uncle Rondo’s drunken decision to wake up Sister in the morning by throwing firecrackers into her bedroom that becomes the straw breaking the camel’s back and sending her to the post office. Eudora Welty’s 1941 short story Why I Live at the P.O. All due to a drunken Uncle Rondo’s decision to wear a kimono given to Stella-Rondo by Mr. Uncle Rondo is the last holdout on Sister’s side before Stella-Rondo succeeds in turning the entire household against her. And, it must be admitted, she does seem peculiarly uninterested in getting to the bottom of the mystery of Shirley T. The mother of Sister and Stella-Rondo who, according to Sister, always sides with Stella-Rondo. would resemble Papa-Daddy if he cut off his beard results in Stella-Rondo’s successful turning of him against her and in favor of Stella-Rondo. The maternal grandfather of the two sisters is the man responsible for getting Sister her job down at the post office. Whitaker while Sister was still seeing him. The real crux of Sister’s contentious contention, however, is that if the girl is Stella-Rondo’s, then that means she slept with Mr. Sister believes that she sees a strong resemblance between Shirley and Papa-Daddy. was inspired by a lady ironing in the back room of a small rural post office who Welty glimpsed while working as publicity photographer in the mid-1930s. If she is the offspring of this union, the conception occurred before the marriage. The only thing that be gained for sure on the subject of the parentage of the young girl Stella-Rondo brings with her is the length of the marriage to Mr. At the same time, events can be interpreted in a way that fits Sister’s very subjective side of the story. Whitaker, nor is there any valid reason to doubt her claim that the little girl with her is not adopted as she claims. No solid explanation is given for whatever happened between her and Mr. Whitaker, a man whom Sister had been involved with earlier. The work was inspired by a photograph taken by Welty that depicts a woman ironing at the back of a post office. It was published in her collection of stories named A Curtain of Green (1941). Stella-Rondo not only shows up with an unexplained two year old girl-her story is that the kid was adopted-but she also shows up after having married Mr. 'Why I Live at the P.O.' is a short story written by Eudora Welty, American writer and photographer. When Stella-Rondo shows up at the house one day with young girl whose parental origin is highly questionable to Sister, all hell breaks loose on a sultry 4th of July. Her tale is one of self-centered self-involvement, in which all the unfairness and unhappiness of her existence is personified by her sister Stella-Rondo. She is young and still living with her family in the rural South. The narrator of the story is known only as Sister. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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