The questions of Ironing.

1. Describe the narrator using as much detail as you can.
2. In your opinion, is the narrator speaking to someone in particular, or to herself?  Give evidence from the story to support your answer.
3. What things are important to the narrator?
4. What people/events/things are responsible for Emily’s failings?
5. The image of the iron is repeated numerous times, telling the reader that it is an important symbol.  List all of the things that you think it MIGHT be a symbol for, and choose ONE that you think is most likely, and explain it in detail. (Note - marks will be given for evidence of thought, not necessarily for being right)

1.I would describe the narrator as a person who is kind of dark also someone who has been feeling a lot of anger lately and has been having a rough time or life.Also I think it would be a female as I feel she tries to portray herself with this story.

2.I think she is speaking of herself as she always uses I and shows so much frustration in the story which would be much easier to do if it was your own frustration.

3.I think she wants to get her message across and also that she wants some respect for everything she has done.

4.Most of the problems she seems to have don't necessarily come from her but more so from her family and the disconnection she is feeling.

5.It might symbol repetition as it shows that the character has to do very repetitious things also it can be a way she lets her anger out and way for her to pass time. I think the main one would be the release of stress and anger she uses it for or it symbols anger itself.