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TheAstronomersWife,KayBoyle,KayBoyle,KayBoyle（1903-1992）,Americanwriter,educatorandpoliticalactivist,amemberofthefamousLostGenerationofAmericanartistsandwriterswhoinhabitedParisinthe1920sFamousforhershortstoriesConcentratesonthedoublealienationofwomenandespeciallyonmiddle-classwomensdifficultyinfindingfulfillment,KayBoyle,Hergreatestinfluencecamefromhermother,whobelievedthatthewealthyhadanobligationtohelpthelesswelloff.InlateryearsKayBoylechampionedintegrationandcivilrights.Shealsoadvocatedbanningnuclearweapons,andAmericanwithdrawalfromtheVietnamWar.BoylewaseducatedattheexclusiveShipleySchool,thenstudiedarchitectureattheOhioMechanics.Interestedinthearts,shestudiedviolinattheCincinnatiConservatoryofMusicbeforesettlinginNewYorkCityin1922whereshefoundworkasawriter/editorwithasmallmagazine.,KayBoyle,IIn1963,sheacceptedacreativewritingpositiononthefacultyofSanFranciscoStateCollegewheresheremaineduntil1979.Duringthisperiodshebecameheavilyinvolvedinpoliticalactivism.ShetraveledtoCambodiain1966aspartoftheAmericansWanttoKnowfact-seekingmission.Sheparticipatedinnumerousprotests,andin1967wasarrestedtwiceandimprisoned.In1968,shesignedthe“WritersandEditorsWarTaxProtest”pledge,vowingtorefusetaxpaymentsinprotestagainsttheVietnamWar.AfterretiringfromSanFranciscoStateCollege,Boyleheldseveralwriter-in-residencepositionsforbriefperiodsoftime.InherlifetimeKayBoylepublishedmorethan40books,including14novels,eightvolumesofpoetry,11collectionsofshortfiction,threechildrensbooks,andFrenchtoEnglishtranslationsandessays.,KayBoyle,In1922,shemetandmarriedaFrenchexchangestudent,RichardBrault,andmovedtoFrancein1923.ThisresultedinherstayinginEuropeforthebetterpartofthenexttwentyyears.Separatedfromherhusband,sheformedarelationshipwithmagazineeditorErnestWalsh,withwhomshehadadaughter.In1928shemetLaurenceVail,whowasthenmarriedtoPeggyGuggenheim.BoyleandVaillivedtogetherbetween1929until1932when,followingtheirdivorces,theymarried.WithVail,shehadthreemorechildren.,KayBoyle,Apoetaswellasanovelist,herearlywritingsoftenreflectedsearchfortrueloveaswellasherinterestinthepowerrelationshipsbetweenmenandwomen.KayBoylesshortstorieswontwoO.HenryAwards.,Novels,ProcessPlaguedbytheNightingaleYearBeforeLastGentlemen,IAddressYouPrivatelyMyNextBrideDeathofaMan,StoryCollections,ShortStoriesWeddingDayandOtherStoriesTheFirstLoverandOtherStoriesTheWhiteHorsesofVienna（O.HenryAward）TheAstronomersWifeDefeat（O.HenryAward）,PoetryCollections,AStatementAGladDayAmericanCitizen:

@#@NaturalizedinLeadvilleCollectedPoemsTestamentforMyStudentsandOtherPoems,Non-fiction,Relations&@#@Complications.BreakingtheSilence:

@#@WhyaMotherTellsHerSonabouttheNaziEraBeingGeniusesTogetherTheLongWalkatSanFranciscoStateandOtherEssays,TheAstronomersWife,Characters:

@#@Mrs.Ames（protagonist）PlumberMr.AmesThemistress,PointofView,Boylehasusedathirdpersonpointofview.Soweareunawareofthenarratorandcanexperiencepersonallythewholestoryforwardwiththecharacters.,Plot,Inanordinarymorning,Mrs.Amesgotupearlyasusual.Latertheplumbercametofixthewaterseals.Intherepairprocess,Mrs.Amesandtheplumberareattractedbyeachothergradually.Mrs.Amesfoundthatherhusbandwasthe“mind”,andtheplumber,ontheotherhand,wasthe“meat”.FinallyMrs.Amesdecidedtogodowntothepathwaywiththeplumber.Thestorystoppedwithanopenending.,SettingandAtmosphere,Itisanordinaryearlymorninginadullandlifelessmaritalsituation,incontrasttoMrs.Amesenergyandvigor,inthehousewherevillasarescatteredoutfewandprimitive.,TheAstronomersWife,TheAstronomersWife,TheChangeofthePlumbersAttitude,Insolently,relentless,grimlysoften（bitterlyandbrutallytowardsMr.Ames）curiouslypleasantly,asifspeakingtoachild,ininsolence,orgentleness,orlove.,FiguresofSpeech,Spokensoftasawillowweeping.（Alliteration）Thatmanmightbeeachtimethenewarchingwave,andwomanundertowthat（metaphor）Herhusbandwasthemind,thisothermanthemeat,ofallmankind.（symbolism）Themysteryandsilenceofherhusbandsmindlaylikeachidingfinger（simile）Theresaproblemworthyofyourmettle（irony）,Papers,Google:

@#@.Analysisof“TheAstronomersWife”-byKayBoyle.AstronomersWifeJustaSimpleComplexT.CharacterEssay“theAstronomersWife”.ByEFCBtuner.TheStoryOfAnAstronomersWife.EnglishLiteratureEssay.,LiteratureReview,Analysisof“TheAstronomersWife”-byKayBoyle.AnonymousUser,University,Bachelors,May1984TheauthorofthispaperholdsthatthewordsthattheplumberaboutastoppedelbowisanawakeningtoMrs.Ames,whichshecantotallyunderstand.Sherealizedthatthe