Some sites:
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/ and http://www.online-literature.com/
This is my opinion about a Short Story that I wrote in my English course some years ago.
Its title is MACKINTOSH by W. Somerset Maugham. It can be found in the following address:
http://www.online-literature.com/maugham/the-trembling/2/
Concerning to aspects of life and the way people get along to each other, this story conciliates both of them. It’s also possible to take lessons of how people usually judge others by just considering his own opinion relevant. Walker, the administrator of the Pacific Island, is the type of person who thinks that his power can control people and their lives. He treats his assistant, Mackintosh, as a “machine” and gets him to write compositions that would be his task.
Walker also tells people to be quiet and whenever possible, he makes criticism about how Mac likes to read. He judges everybody’s beliefs, ideas and manners. Notwithstanding his behavior, he manages the Island very successfully.
He also tries his best so as to improve its infrastructure, mainly providing a good access to all places in the Island through building roads. Walker is a very proud person who boasts about influencing the natives the way he did. Mac acts an important role in the story. His felling sorry for the workers that had gone on strike, making Walker seem to be the bad guy can explain a lot later. Actually, the workers deserved more for the work, but the way Mac wants to change the administration shows that he wants to displace Walker.
As the story goes, we can infer that the occasion Mac visited Jervis, he realized that he would be the one to replace Walker’s administration in case of anything came about with Walker. In my opinion, he feared at this very moment. He ran so as to see if the revolver was at the place it should be. It was not. He started worrying about Walker’s life and he did not want to leave him alone. He insisted on that he could make company for him and avoid future problems.
Manuma was there that night. Was it a coincidence? No, it was not. Everything had been planned before and Mac was the one to ask for Walker’s death. Then, after the revolver appeared Mac waited for news…And before, he had enjoyed his dinner in a way he had never before. He was an insensible person. It is explicit that he was not the real killer, but Manuma. However, Mac ordered. Somehow, he tried to stop the murder and he was kind of regretted. Then, it was too late.
Although Mac and Walker did not get along well, Walker felt horribly when everything came about. He started realizing that Walker was not exactly the person he imagined. Above of all, Walker wanted to be fair and every native to be treated in a just way. Walker told Mac to provide what the people on the Island to be treated nice and to finish the road. He was a “big daddy” for those people and Mac really regretted what he had done. Mac committed suicide because he could not bear the pain.
A lesson from the story is that we never should judge people. Our point of view can change as we get to know somebody. We should not only give us this chance, but giving a better thought of somebody is a daily exercise for our human nature which is always ready to criticize and jeer about other mistakes.
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário