This is troubling because the narrator focuses only on appearance . His shallow view shows a lack of empathy and makes the reader uncomfortable.

It troubles me because it shows how hopeless and desperate she felt in her life.

I’m really concerned about whether his wife felt offended or something else, but he mentioned she even wanted to write a poem for it, so maybe it’s remembering?

9/30 Troubling: It’s hard for me to start writing an essay, and I think the beginning is the most difficult thing for me.