Visit of Charity
The short story “A Visit of Charity” was an article written about a fourteen-year-old girl. ... Her main motive of the visit was to earn points for her school. ... Just like the society, a fourteen-year-old girl who paid a visit of charity to an old peoples home portrayed a sense of self-interest, insensitivity and dehumanization. Throughout her so-called visit of charity, she perceived the old women she met as things and sometimes as animals. ... According to the story “a visit of charity,” the setting of the structure suggested coldness, neglect, and dehumanization. ... As we read from the article, “A Visit of Charity” Marian actions throughout the story shows the theme of self-interest and insensitivity.