We may also suggest rudeness on her side after Solly repeatedly tries to have a conversation with her and she ignores him (Pg. When the drizzle stops, her heart feels empty.
She appears to be a little shy and submissive, but her aching heart - like the rain, an "all-consuming drizzle" - stresses her depression (First Paragraph Pg. Siena's character, on the other hand, is in total contrast with Solly's. Even his shop's name: "Grand Fish and Chips Palace" is ironical as the profound name is no luxurious restaurant as the name suggests: " Inside stuffy with heat, hot bodies, steaming clothes, and the nauseating smell of stale fish oil." (Second Paragraph Pg 80) He is caught by surprise when she ironically calls him "baas" and he imagines himself in a grand evening suit which may indicate his desire for respect. Nice legs.")may show yet another mysterious side of Solly. Tired face but good legs.") and also on Pg 86 ("Okey. 83 ("Solly rubbed sweat out of his eyes and took in her neat and plain figure. But is he really trying to be nice to her or is he, in fact, looking for something else? The lines on Pg.
#Richard rive free#
When looking at his relationship with Siena one almost gets the idea of compassion after he offered her fish and chips free of charge and shelter from the rain. This phrase reverberates and perseveres like the rain. Also his refrain of "close 'e blarry door!"is repeated so often throughout the story that it becomes rather expectant and humorous while loosing the essence of supposed irritation and he repeats the same phrase on the last page to Siena while grinning. When he asks whether they live in a tent, they just reply with "Ag Solly" (Pg 80) as if they are quite used to his behaviour. His customers don't seem to be taking him seriously. When looking at Solly's character he appears to be a very unfriendly, rude person, but we may also suggest otherwise if you take his surroundings and other factors, such as customers in consideration we may lodge the question whether he is just in a particularly bad mood this day. The owner of the fish and chips palace finally shows her some compassion by offering her fish and chips free of charge and some shelter from the rain, but she eventually leaves the shelter of the shop and chooses to step out into the rain.
As she has nowhere else to go, she goes back to the fish and chips shop where gossip about Joseph's fight already started. Eventually it starts raining again and she sees him fighting in the street. The rain stops for a while when the cinema comes out and gives her time to search for Joseph, but she can't find him. While it's raining she waits in a fish and chips shop, owned by Solly, a Jew, for the cinema to come out. Siena becomes almost completely paranoid with curiosity and she leaves the country in search of the sad truth behind the gossip of her family and friends back in Teslaarsdal. It is a sad story where love and deception play a very big role when Joseph betrays Siena with several other girls from the city. The story is about two young lovers: a girl, Siena, from the country and a guy, Joseph, from the city who ironically met in a church. Rain is the one element that is part of the plot, the way he built his characters, the type of dialogue used by the characters and the type of setting and atmosphere that is created within the story and how the characters find themselves in the set of compassion, love and betrayal. Indeed the first and the last word of the story is "rain". The one element that is reverberating through the essay is the rain. 80) Richard Rive makes use of different elements to create atmosphere and a bond between the reader and the characters. Baleful reverberations through a spluttering all-consuming drizzle." (Pg. (I know my introduction and conclusion is very bad and needs alot of work) This is what I wrote so far - (I will also paste a copy of the story itself below my essay and the assignment, so you can get the idea of what i'm writing) Now, English is NOT my first language and I tend to struggle a bit with putting my ideas down in english on paper. I'm a first year student at the Universaty of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and need to write an essay on one of the short stories that we did in my English Studies class.
0 kommentar(er)
