BOOK REPORTS
The woman’s rose – Olive Schreiner.
The narrator of the woman’s rose starts by describing the content of a wooden box which has been kept with special care over the years. This box is special because it contains a rose which is unique. Among the rose once belonged some other flowers but none are as important as the rose which resisted the test of time. The narrator moves on by describing the story behind her rose. When she was still fifteen, she visited a village where single men constituted the majority of the population. The narrator describes the only girl who was seen there and the young girl had power to seduce the men. Every one of them was falling for her. As soon as the narrator made her apparition in the village, the …show more content…
However, the latter was not happy about the fact that they abandoned the young girl for her so easily. The narrator admired the girl but was certain that the latter felt contempt towards her for becoming the new center of attention from all the men. She despised the fact that men were criticizing the young girl in order to win her heart. When a party was thrown for the departure of the, the two women are able to share a moment with each other. We the witness an amount of solidarity, or what we may term as sisterhood between them. The author realizes that she was wrong about the fact that the girl would be jealous of her. Instead of envying each other for being made a competition by the men, they decide to appreciate each other and for the narrator, the rose which the latter offered to her means much more than any other flowers which she has ever received. The Woman’s Rose ends with the sentence: “spring cannot fail us”, which would suggest hope that …show more content…
The story opens with the doctor Thornton discussing about open mindedness more precisely about intermarriage. The doctor would like to take into consideration different sides of the question in order to take a stance and would like his fellow gentlemen to do so as well. Thus begins his argument in the form of a story, that of Talma Gordon and the death of her father, her step mother and her brother. Captain Gordon was married to his first wife who passed away while giving birth. Captain Gordon was left under the responsibility of his two daughters, Jeannette and Talma. The woman whom the captain married was jealous of the fortune which the two daughters inherited. The night that a party was thrown for the return of Talma, there was a thunderstorm and along with it, a fire started in the left tower. While trying to rescue, the murder of the Captain, his second wife and Johnny was discovered. Enquiries have led the police to think that Talma was the one behind the triple murder, for she did not go along with Mrs Gordon, and that before, a fight arose with her father about a lover. Moreover, inheritance was also a motive brought forward to support the accusations. Talma and Jeannette went abroad and the doctor learned abouth the death of Jeannette and the disappearance of Talma in a letter from Edward Turner, who is Talma’s lover. We learn about the arrival of Cameron, an Englishman but
The woman’s rose – Olive Schreiner.
The narrator of the woman’s rose starts by describing the content of a wooden box which has been kept with special care over the years. This box is special because it contains a rose which is unique. Among the rose once belonged some other flowers but none are as important as the rose which resisted the test of time. The narrator moves on by describing the story behind her rose. When she was still fifteen, she visited a village where single men constituted the majority of the population. The narrator describes the only girl who was seen there and the young girl had power to seduce the men. Every one of them was falling for her. As soon as the narrator made her apparition in the village, the …show more content…
However, the latter was not happy about the fact that they abandoned the young girl for her so easily. The narrator admired the girl but was certain that the latter felt contempt towards her for becoming the new center of attention from all the men. She despised the fact that men were criticizing the young girl in order to win her heart. When a party was thrown for the departure of the, the two women are able to share a moment with each other. We the witness an amount of solidarity, or what we may term as sisterhood between them. The author realizes that she was wrong about the fact that the girl would be jealous of her. Instead of envying each other for being made a competition by the men, they decide to appreciate each other and for the narrator, the rose which the latter offered to her means much more than any other flowers which she has ever received. The Woman’s Rose ends with the sentence: “spring cannot fail us”, which would suggest hope that …show more content…
The story opens with the doctor Thornton discussing about open mindedness more precisely about intermarriage. The doctor would like to take into consideration different sides of the question in order to take a stance and would like his fellow gentlemen to do so as well. Thus begins his argument in the form of a story, that of Talma Gordon and the death of her father, her step mother and her brother. Captain Gordon was married to his first wife who passed away while giving birth. Captain Gordon was left under the responsibility of his two daughters, Jeannette and Talma. The woman whom the captain married was jealous of the fortune which the two daughters inherited. The night that a party was thrown for the return of Talma, there was a thunderstorm and along with it, a fire started in the left tower. While trying to rescue, the murder of the Captain, his second wife and Johnny was discovered. Enquiries have led the police to think that Talma was the one behind the triple murder, for she did not go along with Mrs Gordon, and that before, a fight arose with her father about a lover. Moreover, inheritance was also a motive brought forward to support the accusations. Talma and Jeannette went abroad and the doctor learned abouth the death of Jeannette and the disappearance of Talma in a letter from Edward Turner, who is Talma’s lover. We learn about the arrival of Cameron, an Englishman but