Lack of Individuality Leads to Conformity

I think that it’s interesting how the Glaspell depicts the character of George Henderson.  Often throughout the text he seems to be small minded.  Since he is a lawyer, he is part of the prosecution that was assigned to find evidence to assist in proving that Minnie indeed had murdered her husband.  He certainly appears to be upholding to his lawyer title, with regards to how society tends to perceive lawyers to be.  By this, I mean usually lawyers are portrayed to be rude, slimy people.  All throughout Her America whenever George speaks or questions anything, there seems to be a very sarcastic tone to his voice.  His obvious sarcasm is most present when he interacts with the woman of the story when he seems to dismiss their views as almost inferior.  However, when one considers the time that the story was written it was almost a social norm that woman weren’t respected in general.  So when one considers this, it is obvious that George isn’t breaking social norms with regards to his lack of respect for the woman’s valid opinions about the case throughout the novel.  He really conforms to the social pressures in my opinion when he does this and that clearly is related to his lack of individuality.  I’d say that had he been at least more willing to hear out the woman’s thoughts on the case perhaps he might have a sense of individuality, but alas he seems to be too stuck in his ways to ever change.