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The protagonist in this story is the wife because the story focuses on her desires and the drive to fulfill them. The story is told in a limited third person, and while readers don’t get much direct insight to the wife’s thoughts, the wife’s words and actions reveal her character. Unlike George, “the American wife” is unnamed; she is called “the American wife,” “the wife,” “his wife,” and “the American girl.” She is never called a “woman,” and after she encounters the maid, the narrator refers to her only as “the American girl” or “his wife.” The American wife feels most comfortable with Traditional Gender Norms; she wishes for long hair (“I get so tired of looking like a boy” [123]), to be a caretaker of the cat, and for her husband to provide for her emotionally and materially.
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