In The Whole Family, chapter ten and chapter eleven are written in two different styles of writing from the perspectives of two different people. Each paragraph is competing with the other for the romantic ending of the story. Chapter ten sets up a twist on the earlier chapters for Peggy and Dr. Denbigh to have a serious love affair using the accounts of a young boy. Chapter eleven denies the love affair between Peggy and …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…just a woman who wants to get married. She has a goal to form a career and "devote her life to it" (292). <Tab/>Chapter eleven contradicts many ideas in chapter ten. The idea of Peggy and the doctor being secret lovers was completely denied in chapter eleven. Peggy being a useless twit in chapter ten changed in chapter eleven. She became a useful woman with a career to look forward to.