Personal Response: I Stand Here Ironing In this story, the narrator tells the reader her first major struggle in life, dealing with a newborn baby at the age of nineteen. I cannot say that I can compare to the struggle Olsen is writing about but I can relate to the struggle of “getting by” in life and fighting to make ends meet. For example, the mother basically lived alone with her newborn child, Emily and …showed first 75 words of 448 total…

…showed last 75 words of 448 total…through anyone when people you care and love neglect you. Also, like Emily, I was a very the first born child of my mother and just as beautiful as well. As Emily gets older, I think that she will grow stronger as a person and not make the same mistakes her mother made. Emily will be more aware of her surrounding and create a better environment for her children if she decides to have babies.