Configuring experiences can shape someone into who they are. There is a chance it is good or bad, but objectively it may lead to a pivotal change in someone's character. In many stories, it is apparent that as characters respond to life-changing events, it is crucial to how the story develops. In some characters are a product of their environment, then live as people prepared to embody traits of who they are and not what they are expected to be, lastly, there are times when stories depict a conflict between wants and needs. Other examples may be different, but all depictions of stories should show characters responding to life-changing events.
In the short story, “Ambush”, by Tom O’ Brian, the author reviews a soldier during the Vietnam War…show more content… It was spoken in a courtroom with many people discussing women's rights. It was called the Women’s Rights Convention. During the convention, she spoke of her life experiences that changed the course of her life. She was treated differently from other women and saw the hypocrisy in the other contestants' points. She states, “That man over there says women need to be helped.nobody ever helps me”. She continues speaking of how she can have strength. She portrays how she is a woman, no matter what. All of her life experiences have made her who she is as a woman. She responds to the rest of the convention with facts to show how she has fewer rights for nothing but prejudice against…show more content… From this, she is left with the grief of knowing her life is at its end. As the story progresses, she is met with worse and worse problems with the health of her heart. The bottled-up emotions of her sickness create an unsolved grief. “ Mrs. Mallard Sobs occasionally.she tried to fight her new feelings, but her effort was unsuccessful. As she abandons herself in the words of the book her heart begins to fail. Uncovering the effects of the events in Mrs. Mallard's life, the reader can infer she cannot experience strong emotions. The response from her was a relief towards the end as she got to feel a sense of joy. The effects of it left her family and husband with a bitter
