– Describe what you found appealing in each story?
Although, the characters situations in Secret Sorrow were more appealing to me personally, I would have to say that the overall depiction of the character’s emotional state was better written in “A Sorrowful Woman.” It was easier to get a better sense of how the emotions were progressing, and what Godwin’s unnamed wife was feeling at any point in time. The way that Godwin wrote “A Sorrowful Woman” made it so that you were not only reading dialogue, but getting glimpses of events, thoughts, and plans. This is particularly obvious in the passage, “After supper several nights later, she hit the child. She had known she was going to do it when the father would

Critics argue that a rigorous selection process needlessly produces a smaller eligibility pool. Proponents maintain that more stringent guidelines will enhance how selected officers perceive themselves and how they will behave toward the public. Which position do you side with and why?

ow did you respond to the except from A secret Sorrow and to “A Sorrowful Woman”?
Faye in Secret Sorrow was more likeable to me than the unnamed wife was in “Sorrowful Woman.” To me, it seemed that Faye had reasons behind her sorrow, reasons that, although not completely defined in the excerpt, led to her pain and suffering. In contrast, the unnamed wife in “A Sorrowful Woman” went from being okay to being distant, with no apparent trigger. My reasoning behind the favoring of Faye is probably more emotional than anything else. Being able to relate the situations to real life experiences, there is always sympathy for a woman unable to conceive, but no sympathy for someone able to care for their own children but refusing to do so.