A Birthday Remembered Essay

Love is very complicated, not proficient justterflies in ones stomach, but it also involves a lot of pain. The pain is not easy to drain. We hire to confront ourselves with the pain and get over it, but thats easier said than done. We restrain our feelings and try to obturate them. This only causes an even bigger pain. That is the situation for Ellen, the main character in this short story. Ellens love life has been complicated, she is a lesbian and obliged to get a line to peoples prejudices. Her one and only love, Jackie, dies caused by an incurable illness and she is not allowed to bury her She has not been allowed to do this one lastly thing for Jackie. To be with her during the last rituals. (l.24-25). Because of Jackies former husband, Roger, whom she has left to live with Ellen, but he could not accept his wife being a lesbian, because of his man-stubbornness and he even try to declare her temporarily insane (l.15). Jackies daughter on the other hand thinks that what E llen and Jackie had was wonderful and beautiful, but you dont know yet if shes a lesbian herself or a heterosexual (l.102).The short story is write in third-person (l. 8) why shouldnt she? The narrator is not omniscient, but we have inner-angel from Aunt El since we only hear thoughts from her, and not from Tobie or Warrick. (line. 104) She felt the shock of the words. You cant really tell if the narrator is true or not, since we dont know which connection he has to any of those in the story. Neither does he try to make anyone to seem like the incompetent guy, but the narrator is making us feel sorry for Aunt El, for her big lost Jackie. (L. 24 & 89) She hadnt been allowed to do this one last thing for Jackie but we have to get used to living without loved ones. The language used in this short story is very well written and is very descriptive, because of all the adjectives being used, which makes the story way more living. (l. 12) Roger had been furious, appalled and angry.. alt hough the story is very well written its also a bit harsh to understand, because of some of all these adjectives and expressions. At line 37 there cogency be a flashback heres to you, Ellen Simms, on your birthday.See more The stages of consumer buying decision process essayThe reason that this maybe could be a flashback is firstly because of the changing of the type, at only that sentence, which might give an account of her past together with Jackie before her death. One thing that was striking me was that the story is written in the preterit, but at the same sequence the narrator uses direct speech, which I think is a bit odd, since you normally writes the whole story in either present or the past, and very rarely a combination of the 2 indication of times. We have two main characters in this story, whos Aunt El and Tobie Aunt El / Ellen Simms is an old women who lives by herself. She used to be heterosexual and lived together with a man named Roger. They had a kid together na med Tobie which is 15 years old. Ellen chooses to leave Roger because shes changing her sexuality, and becomes a lesbian and falls in love with Jackie. But unfortunately Jackie died one year from now on, which leaves her alone with Tobie, and chooses to return back to the father Roger.Ellen is a very obliging and kind person. She really misses her old flame Jackie, and cares a lot approximately Tobie whether her sexuality is heterosexual or lesbian (l. 83) suppose it had been a misfire? People choose who they want. She seems considerate, when she offers Tobie and Warrick a hot cocoa, and remembers that youngs always are hungry and decides to make them some sandwiches. Tobie is daughter of Ellem Simms and the late Jackie. Shes 15 years old, but doesnt have an abundance of friends (l. 20) Tobie never had an abundance of friends She has short blond hair, had lineament from her father and a nice smile (l. 53-55). She cares about Ellen, since shes the only one who shows up at her birth day and brings a present, which she has been saving money, for about a week. The way she earns these money is through her job in the library (l. 68) Im a library page after school.. befriendful is also a good word, that would describe, which you can see in the story, when she offers her help to go and make cocoa together with Ellen.It seems she trusts Ellen more than her own father, since she decides to show Warrick for Ellen instead of her father. The message in this short story, is that pain will always be there, but only temporary, but at the same time hard to get over. That love is a big (maybe the biggest) part of our life and we should not regret, but remember the good times youve had with those youve loved. Dont take anything in vain, live your life. And it doesnt care if you are a heterosexual, lesbian or gay, just as long as you are happy. The title of this story is a birthday remembered which I guess is chosen because of all the emotional feelings thats stepping in streng th through this story and especially the quote from the daughters side I hope it will be as wonderful and beautiful as what you and mummy had together.