Welty skillfully uses diction throughout the story. At the end of the story, she believes that a change in venue shall be a solution to her problems, but it is arguable that her departure is a sign of cowardice (McHaney 39). She skillfully directly addresses her audience in an attempt to call for attention to specific egregious offenses. The story is taught from the first person point of view, therefore, a subject to the distorting interpretations. She makes her reasons known and collects her belongings from the house. It is at this point that Sister decides to move. Uncle is angered and throws lit firecrackers in Sister’s bedroom. In her attempt to have Uncle Rondo turn against sister, Stella claims that Sister sneers at his ludicrous appearance. Mama insists that Sister should apologize, but she refuses. Stella is angered by the accusation, and has Shirley sing a song. Sister goes further to suggest that Shirley could have a developmental problem since she had never uttered a word. In an argument between Mama and Sister, Mama does not agree with Sister’s believe that Shirley-T is not adopted.
Later, Sister prepares green-tomato pickles, an act that is disapproved by Mama since Uncle Rondo and Shirley T would not agree with the food. Papa-Daddy believes this and gets angry with Sister, reminding her that it was through him that she got the job at the Post Office. She decides to turn Papa-Daddy against Sister and tells him that Sister suggested that he should cut short his beard.
Sister asks Stella bout Shirley’s parentage, and Stella gets furious with her. Stella Rondo arrives home with a girl, Shirley T, she claims to have adopted.Įverybody in the family believes that the girl is actually adopted except for sister, who believes that Shirley is Stella’s biological daughter. Whitaker, a man Sister had briefly dated before becoming engaged to Stella. Stella Rondo had just left her husband, Mr. The arrival of her sister, therefore, interrupts her uneventful life. Sister states that before the arrival of her sister, she was getting along well with her mother, Papa-Daddy, and Uncle Rondo. sets in motion when the narrator’s Sister, Stella Rondo returns to the family in China Grove. However, her exaggeration and self pity turn her situation unintentionally humorous. Her story is an appeal to the reader to take her side of the story as she resentfully recounts her Sister’s unfair maneuvers in turning every member of the family against her. Sister tells her side of story, explaining to the readers why she moved away from a home she had grown into adulthood, to a local post office. It is taught from the first person narrator, sister. The story takes a form of a dramatic monologue. It is, therefore, one of her beloved stories. is a representation of her masterful use of vital characteristic of southern speech. Although Welty writes in varied moods and styles, Why I Live at the P.O. She was inspired to write this story by a lady ironing in a small rural post office, whom she saw while working as a public photographer. She was a multitalented artist, who succeeded as a writer and a photographer. is a book written by Eudora Welty, who was born in Jackson Mississippi. This research will begin with the statement that Why I live at the P.O.
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