![]() ![]() ![]() They judge each other based on the money (the Biswangers) and their life is just spent in cocktail parties and gossiping. In “The Swimmer”, people are superficial in same way. Fletcher’s pregnancy without even knowing her. Pike is so gossipy that she told other people about Mrs. Pike possibly know I was pregnant or otherwise, when she doesn’t even know me?” This shows that Mrs. They do not care about their husbands or children and gossip all the day. Even though the story is set in a beauty parlor in the South, the women have very ugly personalities. In “Petrified Man” by Eudora Welty, the women are very gossipy and not like the typical woman of that time.They do all sort of manly things, like smoking and working. A theme common to all three stories is the insincere nature of people. These stories were so boring…that is another common themeĪll three stories were set around the same time (1940s/1950s) in small cities of the United States. ![]()
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