I Stand Here Ironing

by Tillie Olsen

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What are the conflict, setting and turning point in the story "I Stand Here Ironing"?

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Posted by mc0803 on July 23, 2009 at 10:01 PM and tagged with conflict, i stand here ironing, setting, style

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Conflict can be subdivided into two major categories: internal and external. "I Stand Here Ironing" contains both, but the main conflict is internal.

The narrator is struggling with...

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