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 The Use Of Force

William Carlos (1883 -1963)


The use of force is a story written by William Carlos. Inside of this article you can find the summary of this story for bbs 2nd year business English. The use of force is a story which is inside bbs 2nd year course of vision under new course.

About writer

William Carlos was a modernist who prioritized clear, concise imagery and economy of language. He was influenced by imagist movement. He was born in 1883 and died in 1963.

Characters in the story :

  • The narrator : the writer himself as a doctor
  • Mathilda : A sick child suffering from fever (diphtheria)
  • Mathilda's parents

Main theme of the story use of force

  • Mental and physical conflict that arises during the doctors visit to a sick child
  • Use of force for benevolent purpose
  • doctor effort in diagnosing  the cause of sickness of child
  • Love for the patient and hatred towards the parents

Summary of the story the use of force by William Carlos

The use of force by William Carlos is a story which begins with the arrival of an unnamed doctor at the residence of Olson for a house call. Their daughter, Mathilda has a high fever 'Diphtheria', an infection of the nose and throat had been making the rounds at Mathilda's school and children were dying of it.

Though the parents had called the doctor, his presence makes them nervous and they seem to distrust him and are not especially forth coming. Mathilda was sitting on her father's lap. Though she's suffering from high fever and breathing problem the doctor can't resist himself of taking note of her beauty and impressive blonde hair. He thinks that she is a sort of photogenic child that are featured in advertisement. 

The doctor asks if Mathilda has a sore throat but parents claim that Mathilda denied it but the parents admit that they haven't been able to physically examine inside her mouth because Mathilda wouldn't let them. The mother insist that the doctor is a nice man who won't hurt Mathilda. The doctor is privately annoyed by the mother's attempt to persuade Mathilda, believing that merely mentioning the word 'hurt' is counter productive in a situation like this. As the doctor moves closer, Mathilda strikes out unexpectedly knocking his glasses of his face as she tries to claw his eyes and screaming that 'stop it'! you're killing me and the mother interfered for which the dad told the mother to get out of the room.

When the doctor used a spatula, the child resisted. The mother yelled at the child if she's ashamed acting like that in front of a doctor. Then the doctor was compelled to use force to open her mouth in order to check for sore throat. The child's tongue was cut and was bleeding during the use of force. The doctor had a fury towards a child and explained that he felt pleasured to attack her to protect her form her own idiocy. So, he overpowered the child's neck and jaws and he found out that she had been hiding that sore throat for 3 days.

This made the child even more furious and attacked the doctor. Hence, showing that she had diphtheria.

What is the nature of the conflict in the story use of force?

The use of force shows a conflict between a doctor and his patient at one level and doctor and the parents at the other level. The conflict between doctor and patient is physical while that of doctor and parents is psychological. The story tells that the use of force for the benevolent is ethical and justifiable.
Generally, force is unjustifiable but if used with good motives to save someone's life it becomes a necessity. The basic conflict between doctor and parents is because the doctor use force because of social responsibility while the parents don't want the use of force. Their love towards the child could potentially lead to the cause of death of the child. The parents concentrate on immediate pain without thinking about the consequences of deadly disease. So, the doctor loves the child but finds her parents contemplable.

Write a paragraph on the reaction of the child during the crisis of using force.

Mathilda was very scared of the doctor even though her mother kept on calling the doctor a nice man. Being a child she wasn't aware of the fact that the doctor was there to save her life. So, her behavior changed from being indifferent to violently offensive. Everyone considered her actions to be shameful, but no one actually cared enough to understand her perspective. She was in pain because of the sore throat and on top of that, she was scared that the doctor would hurt her. OS, she reacted negatively to the force being used against her and she shrieked hysterically, screaming 'stop it' 'stop it' you're killing me because of which she went from defensive to attack mode and attacked the doctor.

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