The Use Of Force

The Use of Force. By William Carlos Williams In the beginning of this story, the Doctor starts of with a kind and gentle posture towards the child. As the struggle ensues though, the Doctor grows more and more aggressive with the child and annoyed with the father. While he understands how the father and child feels, he is in haste to diagnose the child’s illness. The Narrator shows us that in anger, people like …

…start with a calm caring persona, only to change to the use of force while frustrated. The Doctor goes from sympathy for the little girl’s fear, to wanting to kill her out of frustration. I think the author leaves the people nameless to show that they could be anyone, an everyday average person. This makes the story more close to home; it shows that anyone, no matter how nice can be subdued by anger.