In William Carlos Williams’ story The Use of Force, a resolute doctor takes an unconventional course of action and lets his frustration fuel his drive as he attempts to diagnose a very stubborn little girl with a life-threatening illness. The antagonist of the story, Matilda, portrays a persevering young girl with a secret, a secret she is determined to keep. Point of view makes a serious impact in the complexity of this story. While experiencing this story through the Doctors eyes, we are able to clearly see the shifts from a collected professional to those of an eccentric form of examination. The Use of Force is an unconventional portrayal of determination through the use of subject point of view.
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We see this as the doctor fills with uncontrollable emotions and states “then I grasped the child’s head in my hand” (Williams 1335). The internal battle continues after Matilda reduces the wooden tongue depressor to shreds. The doctor, stating “but a blind fury, a feeling of shame, bred of a longing for muscular release are the operatives. One goes on to the end” (William 1336) then begins to question his own actions, yet can’t seem to convince himself to accept defeat. With ongoing determination, the doctor gives one last “assault” and “overpowered the child’s neck and jaws. (He) forced the heavy silver spoon back to her teeth and down her throat till she gagged”(Williams 1336). Finally, the doctor has succeeded. A feeling of attainment overwhelms the doctor as he uncovers the two tonsils covered in “membrane”. This victory is the final event that ends the conflict between the two characters. While the reader is clearly able to experience the doctor’s frustrations and follow his determination to defeat Matilda, they are also able to grasp her frustrations towards the doctor. After an afternoon of frustration and fighting back, she “tried to get off her fathers lap and fly at (the doctor) while tears of defeat blinded her eyes (Williams 1336). With that closing statement, the author is
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Stanley Tookie Williams III was born on December 29, 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the age of six he moved to South Central's West Side neighborhood in Los Angeles. He was known as a fighter and running the streets of South Central's Westside. He attended John C. Freemont High School but was expelled and never graduated.
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In Carlos Williams’s short story, “The Use of Force,” the doctor’s use of force is portrayed in a way that is controversial. Controversial in that it could easily be argued either that the doctor has complete reason to use force upon the girl, or that the doctor has no right to use any amount of force upon the girl without her consent. It could also be argued either that the results of the doctor’s use of force is a success or a failure. I feel that the doctor has reason to use force upon the girl in order to check her tonsils for a number of reasons. I believe this because the doctor has reason to use force because he believes that the girl has diphtheria based on his knowledge of numbers of other children at her
Their comments only serve to do nothing but hamper the doctor from doing what he is required to do. This is well portrayed by their comments, which also reveal the speakers internal thoughts about the couple. For instance, the mother says, “do you think she can stand it, doctor?” (Williams, 1984) in this sentence, the writer demonstrates the use of logos while trying to appeal to the reader how nagging the parents were.
The turning point of the story is when the doctor started to act mean towards the little girl, and thinking to himself how he enjoyed it. The little girl knocking his glasses off and trying to claw at his eyes was probably the final straw for him. All he was trying to do was help her, and all she was doing was making it even more difficult. In my opinion I believe she was the reason he began to enjoy acting mean towards her, so his thoughts could have been and probably were a normal thought of someone who was trying to do their job, and just got stuck with a difficult patient.