Short Story

In the short story, A Jury of Her Peers, Minnie Wright, the main character, is accused of murdering her husband, John Wright. The story takes place during an investigation at the Wright’s home. There are 5 people involved; the sheriff, Henry Peters, and his wife Mrs. Peters, one of Minnie’s neighbors, Lewis Hale, his wife Martha Hale, and George Henderson, a county prosecutor. The story narrated by Martha Hale, where she develops throughout the story into a strong woman. Susan Glaspell, the author, uses many techniques such as verbal and dramatic irony, characterization, and symbolism to bring the literature to life throughout the story.

“I'm sorry, I just need to talk to you about something I've learned.” he exclaimed. Holmes sighed, rubbing his head with his fingers.

“You don’t look fine,” Booker commented softly, his eyes filling with concern. “So how ‘bout letting me have a look?”

"Papa, are you okay? I was worried when you didn't come out for breakfast or lunch. Is something wrong?" Her face was flooded with concern for the man who had raised her.

We have several suspects on this case. Our main suspect is Mrs. Peacock, she has had several husbands in the past and all of them have gone missing witch leads us to believe she committed the murder. When we accused her she would not break so we brought in Mr. Green. He is a scammer and we think that one of his scams went wrong with Bloody and he murdered him. Nevertheless he wouldn’t talk as well. So then we thought, Mrs. White is also a suspect. Granted we actually got something out of her, she said ''When I

"What do you mean ?" seemingly a little calmer yet his face gave off that he was still in a bad mood.

“I’m not busy now,” he said and then looked at your expression. “Is something wrong?”

“Nothing’s wrong,” she promised, walking over to her kids. “Dr. Early just came over to talk to us and I’d like you to sit by dad and I while he does so, alright?”

"Are you alright, Sir?" she asked him a bit concerned. It took Ellis a few seconds to reply.

“Hush.” Delphi looked at Bart, then stole a glance at Jake. Her stomach flipped. She took

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." he said, hesitant with his words. Anybody could tell he was lying, that nothing was fine; his eyes gave it away. They made him look so helpless, so

Watching her, Bass narrowed his eyes. “Nora’s not at her desk, or I’d have asked her to call to let you know we were

"Who's that boy that walked you to our door?" My mom queries, scaring the life out of me when she pops out of nowhere. I had just finished locking the door behind me and I just wanted to go upstairs and change into some pajamas. But I guess not.

“Are you okay?” He asked, with her head lying on his shoulder. Sniffling, she turned to him, “I’m fine… really.”

I ended up seated between Justin and Charlotte with his mother across from me. She had made a delicious pot roast dinner and I enjoyed every bite of it. I hadn't had a meal this nice in a while since I tended to not eat what my mother cooked because I was usually angry. Like always.