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Between The Pool And The Gardenias Analysis
The first story i’m choosing to refer to is ‘Between the pool and the Gardenias’. In this story it shows how the main character Marie found a baby and took the baby in as her own. We learned that she had multiple miscarriages and also works as a maid. Later on in the story we found out that the baby was actually deceased and that she was just hallucinating thinking the baby was real . I believe that in this story women are portrayed as a source of children and that is all they are really good for in those people's eyes. I think that women are also portrayed as weak minded people.I believe people fear these women because of the stereotypes they have for people like her, people that have had miscarriages the amount that she did. I also think
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