Analysis Of Olive Kitteridge's Short Story 'Pharmacy'

In Olive Kitteridge short story “Pharmacy”, presents Olive as someone who is unhappy with her marriage and as someone who “had a darkness to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away” (6). In “Pharmacy” we can see that Olive has a darkness for Henry by how rude and sassy she is to him. Olive also has a darkness for Denise because throughout the story Olive makes so many judgmental comments about Denise. Finally, we discover Olive’s hidden love for Jim O’ Casey. Throughout the short story, one can notice that Olive is mean to Henry. Whenever he would make a suggestion, she would bark at him. One day Henry told Olive that “the Thibodeaus were coming for supper”… (6). Olive scoffed back in a flippant manner and said “then that’s that, Mr. President, give your order to the cook” (6). This example shows that Olive does not like people coming over to eat at her house. She gets mad and becomes rude to
As soon as Olive met Denise, she said that Denise “looks just like a mouse” (5). Then Olive said that “no one‘s cute who can’t stand up straight” (5). Later on she said that Denise is “a simpleton” (12).Olive kept making so many judgmental comments about Denise throughout the story. She does not even know Denise that well to start making judgmental comments about her. I think that Olive needs to get to know Denise so Olive can see that Denise is a very sweet person.
At the end of the story we see that Olive loved Jim O’ Casey. When Jim died “Olive spent weeks going straight to bed after supper, sobbing harshly into the pillow” (29). That is when we realize that Olive loved Jim O’ Casey. He used to give Olive and Christopher rides to school.
In “Pharmacy” we see that Olive “had a darkness to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away” (6). Olive has a darkness for Henry. She also has a darkness for Denise and we discover Olive’s hidden love for Jim O’