Occurrence By Anne Trumbore Analysis

In Anne Trumbore’s “Spite” dramatic point of view and juxtaposition of the mother’s screams with the math problem characterizes the narrator as someone who feels unloved. She distances herself from her mother in the opening paragraph. In this excerpt the author describes the incident as, “A thirty-five-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis fell while taking a shower. She screamed for her husband. He did not hear her (1)”. This paragraph, including this specific line, are delivered in 3rd person dramatic view. The rest of the passage is delivered in first person, making the narrator become directly involved in the story instead of being an outsider to the situation. During the incident the author describes how she reacted to her mother. She