I have read five short stories from the anthology Out of the Darkness :: English Literature

I have read five shortstop stories from the anthology come in of the Darkness- From the five stories I will be discussing the treatment of the women in one-third of the stories.For my prose coursework, I have read five short stories from theanthology Out of the Darkness. From the five stories I will bediscussing the treatment of the women in three of the stories. Thethree stories I have chosen are Invisible Boy, More Than Just ADisease and The Darkness Out There.In the story The Darkness Out There, the senescent lady, whose name isMrs Rutter, is represent by the writer as a woman with a wonky legand a bad back and as well as a woman that is acquire home attend to thisshows that she is a woman that is unable(p) to do much practical work.This is a stereotype of an old person as most old people have some severalize of problem with their body and a bad back is typical problem. MrsRutter getting home help is another stereotype because this also showsthat she is unable to fill o ut on her own and needs assistance with doinghousehold chores.Mrs Rutter is shown as a lonely person because in the story the girlwho is going to help her with the chores says to herself Mrs Rutterwill be ever so pleased to join forces me. This is a stereotype in the formthat the girl is assuming that most old people are lonely and live bythemselves. Mrs Rutter is described as being a sweet woman and havingchin upon chin also she is shown to like flowers, dresses and talkingto other females this is the most obvious stereotype in the storyagainst women and also old people who like to talk.When we first meet Mrs Rutter she greets the two children Kerry andSandra and offers them tea, but she seems to like Sandra morebecause she talks to Sandra a mess hall more about dresses, boyfriends andflowers, but when she speaks Kerry she asks him if he is still at schoolhouse and he says he will be leaving soon to join a garage and shereplies, thats dear(p) steady money if youd havent got an y involvement gotany thing special in mind. This is not a great welcoming pass along tosay to a person that has come to help you with chores. Pat the womanwho runs the good neighbours club calls Mrs Rutter an old dear anda poppet, it is unlike an old dear to greet soulfulness in that fashion.When Mrs Rutter told her dark story of her past about leaving a young