What does the narrator’s description reveal about the social context of the story? Women were able to make their own decisions about working. Doctors were believed to be unquestionably all-knowing. Husbands were reluctant to take doctors’ advice. Wives were considered to be less fragile than husbands.

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.