A small brick house. A crazy old man stands in the doorway. When he gets back from the hospital he is trying to remember what it was like to live in his own house before he went into the hospital. Roses and columbine are already clawing at the mortar of one of the walls of this small house for a new owner to enjoy. Rhododendrons are also already planted in the back for a new owner to continue to enjoy. The sun is shining in the late afternoon in England after a good rain. A very special hot iron grillwork piece has its own placed outside. There is one problem with it, it has sparks flying off of it and causing the bushes and the rose bushes to burn. The house has white wood trim. There are sidewalks between the front room and the garage. He remembers a younger man in a tweed hat who loves music.
This story in my opinion was very well written even though it was a good story from beginning to end I didn’t really like how the author left her reader hanging. Who exactly is the woman who welcomes the crazy old man back into his house when he arrives home from the hospital?
2 comments:
I thought about who the woman at the end was too. I assumed it was his wife as their lives were coming to an end. It was so depressing because it seemed as if they had built this great life together for someone else to enjoy. And the son or whoever the younger man is seems so unappreciative of his father and you can't help but feel bad and depressed that the old man is going crazy with old age.
I, too, think the woman is his wife, whether he realizes this or not. It is sad, isn't it?
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