(Short story) `No Ones A Mystery

Analysis of No One 's A Mystery

The short story No One 's A Mystery ' by Elizabeth Tallent exposes ideas about sexuality , but particularly the conceptions of a man with sexual discrimination . Tallent exposes these through the exploration of the relationship between Jack and his women . Throughout the story Tallent exposes some of the conceptions concerning sexual discrimination through the actions and words of Jack , the male main character in the story

Tallent begins her story by specifying that the girl has just turned legally adult . The girl , who turned out

to be Jack 's mistress , is celebrating her eighteenth birthday with Jack , who gave to her as a present a five-year diary . As they drive along on Jack 's pick-up truck they see Jack 's wife 's car approaching from which Jack gave some comments about his wife . The conversation then leads to what the girl would write in her diary

The conversation of Jack and the girl about what the girl would write in her diary exposes the differences of ideas of Jack , who turned out to have little or no respect for women , and the girl who is somewhat napve about Jack 's true character . Jack and the girl had , in the beginning have the same idea about their relationship but would have a very opposite outlook in the future . Jack , with his discrimination against women , believes that the girl would later start to wonder how she could ever love a man like him and would eventually...