Realization in Welty's A Piece of News
Title: Realization in Welty's A Piece of News
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 2343 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Realization in Welty's A Piece of News
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 2343 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Realization in Welty's A Piece of News
Ruby's death fantasy reflects the conflict between her wants, needs, and life in this Eudora Welty story. We first meet Ruby while she is coming in from a storm with a package of coffee wrapped in newspaper from a man from Tennessee. We find out later that she has a habit of hitchhiking and picking up men from Tennessee. Welty writes, "When Clyde would make her blue, she
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with Clyde. But as a result of claiming that her fantasy is a reality, she is regarded as crazy by Clyde, the narrator, and perhaps, the reader. Hitchhiking, storm, green-world lover, confrontation with Clyde, and journey into the unconscious create a transformational journey, which brings Ruby to realization, resignation, and madness. Ruby's inability to change her situation despite her psychological inroads into knowing precipitates her odd behavior and keeps her journey from being fully transformational.