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How Does The Perception Of Mrs. Stevenson Character Change

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Can the perspective of someone by other people change over time because of certain events? In the story “Sorry Wrong Number” The characters in the story have a perspective of Mrs. Stevenson and they change throughout the story. Some of these characters are Duffy, the operators, the chief operator, and Mr. Stevenson and they do not all have the same views of Mrs. Stevenson. The perception of Mrs. Stevenson by other characters changes because of how she acts, and it causes them to act differently toward her. The story states “A querulous self-centered neurotic”(Fletcher 112), showing that Mrs. Stevenson is a rude person. This means that she is needy, whines a lot about herself, and is tense and obsessive. She is also seen to be very impatient which leads to her being rude to other people. She gets frustrated easily and can be very harsh or rude to the other characters in the story. Throughout the story multiple characters see her differently after her talking to them. …show more content…

Then when Mrs. Stevenson called back about the murder the operator was being patient but kept getting interrupted by her and called stupid. The operator started getting weary because of her yelling and called in the chief who was cool and professional. It states “(high-strung and demanding). Can you trace it for me?”(Fletcher 115), and the chief operator sees her as being rude and demanding. This was because she was in a way yelling at the chief. After Mrs. Stevenson hung up the Chief was most likely over-stimulated by her tone and actions, and Mrs. Stevenson called the

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