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Low Visibility

This will help you analyze the short story “Low Visibility” (2008) by Margaret Murphy. Our study guide contains of all the situations, elements, quotes and themes that you can use in your assignment.

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John

Defense parades. When they first met, John, unlike Laura, was reserved and had many defensive parries.

Outsider. John used to be the outsider in a company. He wanted to be part of it, but even though he was in the background, his presence was always evident:

"Even when he slouched at the edge of their group, out of place, longing to be part of it, but resenting the effort of fitting in, he was noticed (p. 11, ll. 150-151).

Rough language. John uses harsh language with a lot of profanity throughout the story. The first thing he says at all is "Scum" (p. 8, l. 8). He criticizes, scolds and is unfair:

"the injustice of his unkind words, his indiscriminate criticisms" (p. 8, l. 26), "Sit still, your twitchy cow" (p. 10, l. 86).

Prejudiced. John is patronizing and prejudiced. He asks if the troublemakers are protesting their own "shitty lives" without understanding that there should be a real reason to rebel: 

"'What are they protesting about? John demands. 'Their own shitty lives?'" (p. p. 8, l. 14)

Mood swings. John has certain ideas about how Laura should react, and it's almost impossible for her to live up to it because he's constantly changing moods: 

"She doesn't know the right thing to say, because he changes the rules each time" (p. 9, ll. 42-43).

Sadist. John has sadistic tendencies and gets pleasure from torturing his wife:

"'Animals', John mutters, feasting on her pain" (p. 9, l. 60).

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