Anger in The Victims :: Victims

Anger in The Victims In The Victims, by Sharon Olds, the author reveals the phantom side of a society where divorce is prevalent, some family members find it sturdy to cope with. In the first half of The Victims, it sounds like a raw child is telling the experience regarding her parents divorce. The speaker expresses anger toward the father. When drive break up you, we were glad. (Line 1) The we is probably several children and their mother. It appears they all experienced an unpleasant life with their father. The mother took it and took it, in silence (Lines 1 and 2) and the children were also told to endure the abuse. What was it that the mother had to mesh? From the reading it appears there was some type of abuse. The abuse could catch been sensible but was most likely verbal and then again it could have been total silence. The father could have been a workaholic and never spent some(prenominal) time with them. This type of neglect really hurts as there is no togethern ess or closeness. The bitterness toward the father was cold, so much so, that when he was fired, we grinned inside. (Lines 4 and 5) The speaker precious some relief to the long time of hurt so laughing about what happened to their father was an emotional outpouring of how the speaker wanted to get back at him. When the father was fired, the speaker compares this incidence to when Nixons helicopter lifted...the last time. During Nixons presidency, there was the Watergate scandal. News of this event carried almost the world and most people wanted him impeached but instead he resigned. The smell was that of remorse yet the country knew he had to leave. The same feeling is depicted in this statement. The speaker expresses happiness to the fact that those things of material measure out to their father were taken away. She is concerned over whether they would take away his suits. To her this is the completely symbol of her fathers identity that she remembers and if they took the sui ts away, it would be an end to the years of silence. Maybe the speaker felt like if the suits were taken away, then perchance her father would seek another type of job and not be so distant. The mother taught us to take it, to hate you (Line 15) until there were no thoughts of their father around them.