"Story and Structure" by Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.

This is a story taken from the book, "Story and Structure" by Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson, tenth edition. This is a Critical Analysis of the story for my English 102 Class Adam Foster English 102 August 8th 2003 Essay Number Two(2) Essay number Two(2) Critical Analysis of "A jury of her peers." This story is about a farmer, John Wright, who is murdered; his wife is arrested for the murder. The next day, the sheriff, the …

…What the ladies do essentially amounts to obstruction of justice. They attempt to conceal evidence to prevent Mrs. Wright's possible conviction because they feel that she would not receive a just trial and that Mrs. Wrights husband got what he deserved. They did this I think because of the constant degrading remarks by the men towards them and women in general. In the end she was tried by a jury of her peers, the women.