Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: "I Stand Here Ironing"

File (PDF): Presentation

Review Week 1 Presentations (specifically, the elements of literature and keys to livelier writing)

Minimum of 1 peer-reviewed library resource for initial post

Introduction

The first line of "I Stand Here Ironing" is, "I stand here ironing, and what you asked me, moves tormented back and forth with the iron" (Charters, 1961, p. 718).

Conversely, the last few lines are, "Let her be. So all that is in her will not bloom - but in how many does it? There is still enough left to live by. Only help her to know - help make it so there is cause for her to know - that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron" (p. 723).

Initial Post Instructions

Explain the imagery of the final quote in the story: "Let her be. So all that is in her will not bloom- but in how many does it? There is still enough left to live by. Only help her to know - help make it so there is cause for her to know - that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron" (p. 723). Although the mother is speaking this with regard to her daughter Emily, how do these lines relate to her as well?

Do NOT use Sparksnotes, eNotes, Wikipedia, or similar websites, as these are not academic in nature. If you do so, you will earn an automatic F. Your discussion may be submitted to Turnitin, so please use the University library or .org and .edu resources.