Theft posting from Thursday

*sorry this wasn't posted earlier, I definitely saved it instead of posting it Thursday.*

The despaire we get from our main character in "Theft" is directly tied to Porter's own experience with men. The idea that each one of these men is non-committal and fundamentally selfish is one that we see in many of Porters cynical works, like Flowering Judas, and Maria Conception, and it is most due to her own experiences. And like FJ, and MC, Theft puts the emphasis of sorrow on the female character as a way of showing that it is the woman who has betrayed herself but putting trust in the low life men they love. I think tis says that Porter herself had allot of self blame for her failed marriages, and remained in a vicious circle of abuse, even if it was because she felt undervalued, or unsupported. There is a real sense of despair and fear from the Janitress as well, as we see her blaming her nieces misfortune on the woman as well, and the displacement of blame of the men is a very disheartening and apparently a message more to women then to men. I think Porter writes this piece not only to warn women, but to work out for herself in what ways women sabotage themselves.