Name : Musfera Nara Vadia
NIM : 1300925
Task : Review ‘Short Story’
Regret
Regret
is a short story written by Kate Chopin. This story was first published in 1897
when it appeared in Chopin’s Short Story “A Night in Acadia”.
This story is about a single woman’s life. Her name is Mamzelle
Aurlie. At the age of fifty, she did not get married yet, and she had not lived
to regret it. One day, her neighbor, Odile, asked Mamzelle to keep her four
children because she needed to go somewhere during two weeks. Mamzelle did not
know how to treat children. At the first time, she had faced some difficulties
about children; however, she was glad enough to learn a few little-mother
tricks to serve children. She began to start loving and caring the children.
Unfortunately, at the end of two weeks, Odile came back and picked up her
children. Mamzelle realized that she missed the day when they were together.
She began to cry and regret that she never got married yet even having a baby.
Based on own perspective, it is great story. The author
described the setting of the story using nice figurative language. It makes the
readers more understand about the feelings and the situation in the story. On
the other hand, the author should add more conflicts when Mamzelle kept the
children. I mean that make it more dramatics.
In sum, this short story is a great story. It tells us
about life. We need to open our heart to accept loving and caring from other
people. Life can never be boring if we share each other.
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