Analyse af 'Janelle Asked to the Bedroom'

Analysis of ‘Janelle Asked to the Bedroom, a Micronovel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The narrator is a limited third person, which is Janelle's point of view: "Is everything O.K.?" Janelle asked, still standing, her professional face pleasantly blank."

The time setting is in 2016, right after the American election. The story is taking place in Trump's private house, which is described as a palace of gold: "there was gold everywhere, on the floors and armchairs and edges of walls" This physical environment indicates that the story is taking place in the higher classes.

Janelle is a black Pilates instructor for Mrs. T. and is invited into the first lady's bedroom instead of the lady's home gym. Mrs. T. is Melina Trump and is a reluctant and forlorn first lady who expresses her unease with political fame. The first lady is also portrayed as displaying racism and obsessed with Michelle Obama: "Look, I am watching this, Mrs. T said and turned her laptop around. A YouTube video of Michelle Obama visiting a class."

The short story starts in media res because it starts without an introduction: "Janelle was surprised when the butler asked her to come up to the bedroom." The short story begins with the first lady's butler, who invites Janelle to Mrs. T's bedroom. The story is chronologically ordered because it doesn't leap in time.