Miss Strangeworth Quotes

Living with Miss. Strangeworth:

Wisdom, the elderly, and their connection

There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.

For example, “She was pleased with the letter. She was fond of doing things exactly right. When she made a mistake, as she sometimes did, or when the letters were not spaced nicely on the page, she had to take the discarded page to the kitchen stove and bum it at once. Miss Strangeworth never delayed when things had to be done." ( This quote shows how exacte her character is, and how very detailed she is about her letter-writing process. We can take this passage and compare it to other domains of her life as well, such as in this passage “Consequently, she timed her walk so she could reach the post office just as darkness was starting to dim the outlines of the trees and the shapes of peoples’ faces, although no one could ever mistake Miss Strangeworth, with her dainty walk and her rustling skirts.” There, again, we see how precise she is about her timing, and how consistent she is with her daily walks, and her letter mailing, which are all a part of a well planned routine. My dearly loved family member does the same thing; follows a pre-made scheduale or routine day by day, and they cannot stand sloppiness. Subsequently, their biggest fear is not having a plan. We are also set to wonder why Miss. Strangeworth feels the need to