Nameless, Yet Familiar Alexander Potako College

Gail Godwin in her “A Sorrowful Woman” dives deep into the philosophy of the routine today. That being said, Godwin addresses particular methods in her story in order to attract the reader's imagination and critique in order for the latter to reflect upon the matter. A story of a strained wife, an ignorant child, and a chivalrous husband are being described by Godwin. Although, as far as the essay goes, the characters remain unnamed, for the routine that applies to the innumerable does not need to be labeled.

To begin with, one may notice that the essay hints the weekdays and weekends randomly, or so it would seem, however, there is a deeper thought sought for by the author. The majority of the world’s population and the overall tendency of the humanity’s philosophy came to establish the dates, years, and days of the week in order to ‘straddle’ the chaos and shape it into a particular order. As this weekly order applies to the most of the humanity’s activities, it does so respectively to the concepts of the family and home. After having read the first page of the story, it becomes apparent that the events are being described on Friday. The said day ultimately applies to the culmination of the weekdays’ accumulation of emotions....