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The True Emotions In Stony's Home

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What would have to happen to a person for them to force themselves to become blind to all the significance an object they spend nearly eight hours a day in? Losing the one person who made this place of rest more than just a double mattress is one scenario. This is the exact situation that happened to Stony from “Property.” Pamela was the one person who added meaning to beds for him. She made it a special place where they were able to relax and creating loving memories. However, her passing left Stony seeing an object that he once associated with love, rest, and union, to a mere bed that two people may sleep on. Stony’s subconscious struggle in dealing with the death of his wife is vocalized in his actions towards Sally and Amos’ bed. In Stony articulating his inner emotions through his actions, it is the author who, with subtle details, reveals Stony’s true feelings. For example, when Stony is first introduced to the marital bed of Sally and Amos, the author remarks, “Furnished with a double mattress on a …show more content…

In “Property,” Stony never flat out states that he is hurt about the passing away of his wife; but his friction with objects, that appear to be so mundane, like the platform bed is central to our understanding of what exactly is hurting him. A bed is more than just a place of rest; it holds all the memories central to everyone’s lives. In demeaning the bed and finding every way to disassociate himself with it, it becomes obvious that Stony is forcing himself to avoid recollecting his union with Pamela and their many memories. Stony only allows us to see how hurt he is through his actions and the author’s diction. Ranging from the author’s association of the bed as a torture device to Stony moving and placing the bed in the studio with the other precious items, Stony’s true feelings towards his wife’s passing are

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