Inside of planet earth live approximately 7.5 billion people. This might be not much if you think of it for the first time but when you study the whole living process more deeply, you're sure to be left astonished of how outstanding it is. With more than 7 billion people living on the same planet you might be thinking, "why do we struggle so much if there's enough people that can work together to achieve a better living environment?". The answer to this is simple, we chose this by our nature because we are driven by our instincts and they tell us to only look for people or to only socialize with people who relate to our way of thinking. If every human being living on earth worked together for the greater good the world might not be even called like that anymore. As a result, 7 billion people mean 7 billion different thoughts and actions so there's a big possibility of arguing. "A Force of Nature" shows the story of four individuals and how disagreement can lead to the topic of violence.
As having read the story I can say confidently that it's too short of some elements to define it as only one topic of theme. Since throughout the short story I had many different thoughts of what was really happening in it. At first I implied that it had something to do with the parents because of how they reacted and when they said that their daughter was in the kitchen table. Then I started suspecting that maybe the girl was somehow the one responsible for the whole situation because of how she seemed the one in control the whole time. All of these were not correct in my mind because I concluded that maybe this is the way the author wanted us to think, without use of quotation marks we are left with just having to wonder for ourselves what the situation really is about. At last, my predictions started to fade because at the end the story flowed for itself with a really good theme.
In conclusion, I think that this maybe was a case of violence. My main reason would be how the girl reacted when the doctor finally opted for using force against her will to check if she was suffering from diphtheria. Mathilda reacted with anger inside that was maybe stored there for a long time. Which might leave us thinking that she could've been living with it and that her parents were the ones responsible for it. In my opinion, I'm left thinking that the main suspects are the parents since they never really seem truthful while dealing with the situation. This one something I was not wrong when i inferred because it could've all been sorted out if they had a stable family circle with care.
When I started reading the short story I thought the same thing! I didn't know who was talking or what was going on. Also, I never thought of the parents when I tried to define who was good and/or bad in the situation. Good point!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the girl was fighting because she didn't want to hear from the doctor the diagnosis that she feared and probably knew. A fatal sickness grew inside her, and she had no way out of it. Although, as you said, the parents should have been there for her.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of her parents as the ones responsible for it but you have a great point. Maybe this was the case and that is why the daughter was so frightened.
ReplyDeleteTalking about instinct and then developing the story made me think that maybe the characters where blinded by the situation, and started acting by that animal instinct inside of every human being, the girl defending herself and the doctor defending his profession.
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