Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure Analysis

There are some ways that Allison and Jean Rhys both challenge the childhood traumas, as well as the social norms and the expectations, which silence and restrict their lives as women. In the story, “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure” by Allison, it talks about the Gibson women. They are the female members who were abused by the men that they loved and shared the same fate. Allison shows what a young girl can feel when she confronts what issue she faced which is abuse. It is based on facts about the family, class, being poor, abuse, and feminism. The women characters in Rhys's stories are exposed to financial problems and sexes. It’s basically saying it’s controlled by men themselves. The progress for Antoinette is dire. Being excluded and …show more content…
She was in deep depression. The signs of depression can be caused by anything. For example, the struggles to try to be what society wants you to be, as a woman, to never have sex until you met the one that you will marry, or to become a mother or someone’s wife. She wasn’t focus on what career path that she will take. She would try to go on dates which the last guy she went on with, try to assault her in which in the end, she harmed …show more content…
The marriage only made things worse. It cause racial tensions in their communities. People would rebel by burning the house down. The family barely escapes. Unfortunately, Antoinette's brother Pierre, dies from breathing in too much smoke. Annette was in depression because of the death. Her husband tries to send her off to a better place where others treat you right no matter what race you married. Although, Antoinette would live with her aunt Cora. Her father in law tries to be in Antoinette's life, by making marriage arrangement without her