Sunday, December 14, 2014

What is the message of the short story "The Address" by Marga Minco. What are 3 points one may talk about in this short story?

The address is a story relating to the prosecution of the dutch Jews during the second world war.It is a very sad yet touching story about how a lady wants to relive the memories attached with the "things" her mom and she owned before the destructive and meaningless war took place.She visits the address of the lady who now has her things. She lives at Marconi street,house number 46.When she finally visits her house and looks at her things with detail and love she immediately realizes with a very heavy heart that these things don't feel like"hers" anymore and she doesn't wish to stay in the house any longer.


The main theme of the story is the redemption of the past and moving on.It is about having the courage of leaving your "THINGS" behind you and realizing  that it doesn't matter if your memories have a proof or not because they will linger in your memory and heart forever.


PS-I hope i could help. xx

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