The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party In the short story “The Birthday Party” by Katherin Brush, a husband overreacts when his wife tries to surprise him with a birthday cake. The couple went out to dinner in a small restaurant to celebrate the husband’s birthday. The wife decided to surprise the husband with a birthday cake, but the husband was and proceeded to hurt the wife’s feelings. The inconsiderate, self-centered husband hurt the wife’s feelings …

…him happy. Also it reads, “him say something to her under his breath—some punishing thing, quick and curt and unkind.” He did not have to hurt her feelings with his rude words. The husband hurt his wife’s feelings from being inconsiderate and self-centered. The wife was only having this surprise for him to show kindness. Then the husband overreacted and did not think about how he would hurt her feelings with his actions.