In the stories "I Stand here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen, and "I am Twenty-One" by Mary Robinson both main characters have suffered severe loses that have altered their lives as well as the lives around them. Although their losses are some what different, their emotions and what they feel are quite similar. It is not easy losing a family or being neglected. Such extreme situations as these can cause one to act in excessive behaviors …showed first 75 words of 271 total…

…showed last 75 words of 271 total…Emily began to experience the split attention that comes with more children. Her depression progressed and she began eating less as well as becoming more anti social to her friends and family. “The doorbell sometimes rang for her, but no one seemed to come and play in the house or be a best friend.” She began having trouble in school and wondered why she looked the way that she did…thing, dark, and foreign looking.