Why I Live at the P.O. (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Plot: Wit and humor
- Time of Work: The early 1940's
- Setting: China Grove, Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Sister, Stella-Rondo, Mama, Papa-Daddy, Uncle Rondo, Shirley-T
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Obsession, Sisters, Personality, Comedy
- Locales: China Grove, MS
The Story
This comic story is an extended dramatic monologue told by Sister to an unnamed visitor to the post office, where she now lives after having left her home because of the return of her sister Stella-Rondo. As the title suggests, the story is an apologia in which Sister attempts to explain why she has decided to live in the post office of the small town of China Grove, where she is postmistress. The first line of the story establishes the problem quite clearly: “I was getting along fine with Mama, Papa-Daddy and Uncle Rondo until my sister Stella-Rondo just separated...
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