"Story and Structure" by Thomas R.Arp and Greg Johnson

Critical Analysis of "A jury of her peers."
This story is about a farmer, John Wright, who is murdered; his wife is arrested for the murder. The next day, the sheriff, the county attorney, the sheriff's wife, and a neighbor couple go to the Wrights'house. The women are there to pick out some clothes for the accused wife to wear; the men are there to find the motive to the murder.
The main theme in this story is about gender discrimination and the way the men treat and stereotype the women. Early in the story one can begin to see the gender discrimination and how the men view the women and women in general. The men refer to the women as Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale, and Mrs. Peters. To the men, the women have no separate identities but are known only through the husbands to whom they are married.
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