William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1883. He began writing poetry while a student at Horace Mann High School, at which point he made the decision to become both a writer and a doctor. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote the story The Use of Force in 1933. It is a short description of the Narrators visit to the Olson family’s home. The family consists of a mother; who is a larger scared looking woman, the father;

who is more emotionally strong than the mother, and the ill daughter. The daughter is described as “ inwardly, quiet; an unusually attractive little thing” and depicted as having “magnificent blonde hair”. It is said that she was “One of those picture children often reproduced in advertising leaflets and photogravure sections of the Sunday paper”. The doctor seems intrigued by the little girl regardless of sickness. She is suspected to have diphtheria, which was a serious disease to deal with.

Williams tells a graphic story that has an emotional affect on its readers. We are informed by means of the narrator, who could possibly be Williams himself, who was also a doctor. It has thought provoking details and evidence that tell about the doctor, family and a disease that affects all. The elements and inferences made while reading brought it all together.

Some inferences can be made about the characters setting, and the time period can be made while reading this story. The time Period could have been any, really, but there are a couple lines that helps us to differentiate. “That’s why they were spending three dollars on me.” keys us in that this story is set in an earlier time during the US history. That along with; “a number of cases of diphtheria in the school”, and diphtheria break outs being something of an older fashion, although people still get it occasionally today. Some things can also be inferred about the Olsen’s home. It says “we have her in the kitchen where i

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