Our Secret by Susan Griffin is an essay from her book,
"A Chorus of Stones". The essay is very peculiar in terms of writing
style and its construction. Nonetheless its content is very much relatable. The
writing is somewhat autobiographical, as she takes historical events and relate
them to her own personal life. She uses sentences in italics frequently
throughout the essay and although they seem irrelevant and inapt to the writing
they actually have a major contribution to the theme of the essay. The content
of the essay is very intriguing. It is like Griffin's essay is a composition of
a biography of Himmer Heinrich and an autobiography of her life. Her feministic
views are evident through the piece. Going back to the construction of the
essay, it's more of a collection of thoughts rather than order and
chronological & sequential order. I enjoy this essay because she provides
information from her life as it relates to history and conveys it in a manner
that is so unique and outside the norm. Secrets are obviously a major motif
throughout the essay. More importantly, the society’s perception or set model
of how people should be plays a very vital role in the essay too. Secrets are
oftentimes secrets because others are too ashamed at what society might judge
or perceive them as which in turn creates unstable individuals who become
slaves to by their own will. Griffin shows how hiding secrets can create
monsters of good people and destroy the individual completely.
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