Shiloh
Throughout the tale of "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason the many social, cultural, and gender issues mold this story. Socially, Leroy is doing illegal drugs to subdue his problems. Culturally, Leroy is no longer comfortable with the fact that he is not providing the main source of income for his family. Gender, the most important issue in the story; now that Leroy is home all the time he is upset by the fact that his wife Norma Jean is never there and that he is not the center of her life at this point. In the course of this story Leroy has had an ongoing problem with drugs. For example " as Leroy lights up a joint and lies on the couch, laughing to himself about Mabel catching him at it... (Pg 71)." Whenever he is feeling down he turns to the drugs. As the story progresses he continues to use the drugs more and more. The
They make him oblivious to his problems with Norma Jean and become part of the reason forcing them apart in the end. When he was home though Norma Jean spent all her time with him. He feels that if he accomplishes that then he once again would be contributing to the family and that she once more would love him. The two of them have just grown apart with the long months that Leroy has been gone. Now he is alone much of the time (pg70). For example " they never speak about their memories . but now that Leroy is home all the time, they sometimes feel awkward around each other (pg 67). An example of this " Before his accident, when Leroy came home he used to stay in the house with Norma Jean, watching TV . It's not that she doesn't care for Leroy anymore it's just he's been away and in such long periods of time that she has found things to keep her occupied. most common problem with Leroy and his drug abuse is the fact that the drugs do not solve the problem they just delay it. This is a lot of what is pulling them apart. Now he does not even feel as if he is needed so he looks for it in other places.
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