My Heart Is Broken
My Heart Is Broken resembles how sexually harassed women are treated in nowadays society. After Jeanie, the protagonist, was raped, there is no one to protect her or comforts her but people either blame her or is indifferent about the situation. Mrs. Thompson continuously speaks as if Jeanie is the one who is responsible for the incident she had experience. Mrs. Thompson, blaming her for going out in high heels and “with purse on your(Jeanie’s) arm and a hat on your(Jeanie’s) head”, resembles the people who blame the victim for wearing short pants or skirt. The a ttitude of Vern, a husband of Jeanie, is another key feature of this story. Vern shows indifference toward his wife and the incident itself. Through the last part of the story where Jeanie talks about Vern, it can be inferred that Vern did not care about his wife even before the incident. Such attitude reflects the people who do not care about the victims' emotion and the mental damage that