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Irony

Thoughts

What the author meant

I wonder if they miss me

  • ironic sarcasm
  • link to our world
  • special attention to that last sentence

Setting

  • Bureaucracy
  • Inefficiency
  • Unoriginality

Does the loss of individualism

benefit the society as a whole?

Macy's Store : One of New York City' biggest store

Early 1940s

Characters

Quits

Miss Cooper

  • Numbers
  • Uniform
  • Machine-made

Quotes

  • exaggeration
  • conformism of her superiors
  • after two days
  • go through all the suffering
  • lose herself in the bureaucracy

Go with Miss Cooper, here. She'll tell you what to do.

Exaggeration about the fact that everybody in this place is conformed to Macy’s rules and could all be the same person (lack of individualism and conformity in are society are criticized by Shirley Jackson.)

Interesting facts

Ending

startlingly beautiful young woman

numbers

copying the girl next to her

Her last thought is vert ironic but a very good refelxion on our society.

Repetition

  • no personal interaction
  • segregation

Quotes

...Right down this aisle, in dictionaries.

Even if 13-2246 had the right answer, the narrator assumes it was a guess because all the staff is probably as confused as she is and received the same training.

Conclusion

Quotes

Main theme

throught the story

Comp.keep for ref. cust. d.a no. or c.t.no...

This is an extract of a book the main character was asked to read. It illustrates well how confusing the training is.

Conformity and Loss of Individuality

What differentiates the employees?

Everyone looks, acts, and think the same way

NOTHING!

Characters are easy to replace

Discussion Questions

Discussion Question

Macy is a very big store in New York. 11 700 employees work there, which makes it almost an army. Do you think that the totally confusing training is done on purpose by the company because it’s the only way they can make sure that their employees are easily replacable?

Do you think that the loss of individuality is a beneficial or detrimental to our society as a whole.

Do you think that modern society still functions this why? If so to who's advantage?

My Life with R.H. Macy

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