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Victim: Miranda
“Pale horse, pale rider, done taken my lover away”; a song that African Americans sang while victim to the imprisonment of a life of slavery. ... Porter models Miranda, the main character, after these distinguishing attributes of vulnerability in her novella, “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” (rpt. ... Miranda’s account illustrates the proclaimed helplessness of the early 1900’s; she is a victim and clearly at the mercy of her time.
Porter places Miranda in the fast paced setting of an American city. ... Miranda obtains a job in a newsroom and finds herself obsessing over the minute details of simple pet peeves. She is a victim in a sense of her environment, but also has a mindset that is far from optimistic. Doing her best to get by, Miranda struggles to pay her rent and keep bothersome government bond sellers off her case. Porter exemplifies Miranda’s outlook in a passage in the first few pages, “Miranda turned over in the soothing water, and wished she might fall asleep there, to wake up only when it was time to sleep again. ... This quote radiates with a worn tone that engulfs Miranda’s persona. ...
Miranda’s involvement with Adam is noticeably strong and obtains a constant, resilient admiration. Katherine Anne Porter allows a major part of the story to revolve around this relation and the carefree attitude which parallels the burden that the war puts on Miranda and Adam.
Approximate Word count = 1059
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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