Mary-Beth Hughes' Israel – Glorifying the Common Occurrence
Mary-Beth Hughes' short story titled "Israel" is a rich literary piece.
Every detail within the story has some sort of meaning and is there for a
reason. When analyzed, this story has a lot to say, however, when
summarized, the storyline is rather simple. The story contains five
characters, the mother, the father, their daughter, and the mother's
friends, Dr. Derek Duncalf and Dr. Dan Ovita. The time period is unknown,
except that it is during a time when Isralies are fighting to keep their
homeland. The narration of the story is first person persona told by the
daughter throughout. The setting is a house in London in which the mother is
living with her daughter. The father lives in a bachelor pad just down the
street. The storyline is that of a dysfunctional family in which the mother
lives with her daughter, and the father has resorted to a separate house
down the street. Dr. Duncalf is motivated to have a relationship with the
mother, while Duncalf's friend, Dr. Ovita, is a pleasant man who is able to
fix the daughter's problems by letting her come to Israel with him. The
daughter communicates with her parents by mail, and in each reply her father
signs it saying, "our love." The short story summarized above illustrates
that life is not perfect, and people must make hard decisions in order to
make their life happy, satisfying, and acceptable to them.
The characters in this short story all show verisimilitude, making them
major characters. Each one has his or her own personality, therefore making
them round characters and not minor characters. This story, like most
literature, contains more than just the details on top. Within the basic
story lies oppositions, paradoxes, symbols, conflicts, complexities,
ambiguities, tensions, as well as ironies; and each one contributes to what
the reader can make of and associate with the story.
The title of the story, "Israel," is relating to where the daughter moved
to. The country of Israel is also where Dr. Ovita is from, and where he
doctors the soldiers. Israel in itself represents a country that is
currently fighting. They are fighting for themselves and fighting for their
freedom. This associates with the story in a way that each character is
doing what ever he or she has to do in order to be happy.
This type of "narrative" writing gives believability to the people, and a sense of realism to the story.
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In conclusion, it is hard to grasp the true meaning of the story unless the story is read a second time because of the author's style of writing.
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