The story " Take Pity" by Bernard Malamund is a depiction of
The story, "Take Pity" by Bernard Malamund, portrays a realistic picture of a widow, Eva, who wants to live an honourable and independent life which should be free from charity in any form and shape. She is generally the representative of all the women and particularly, the widows. Eva's husband, a Polish refugee, worked hard and saved about three thousand dollars. He started a business and established a general store in the slum. His business was a failure and consequently he was declared bankrupt. His friend Rosen, a coffee salesman, suggested him to leave the store but before any decision Axel Kalish, Eva's husband, died leaving behind a widow and two small daughters, Fega and Surale.
When Rosen's efforts remained fruitless he devised another plan. According to some critics, Eva never went to Rosen's window and she did not surrender her self-respect and independence. When Eva realized the sympathy of Rosen she went to her window and raised her hands but Rosen abused her and dropped the blinds of the window. He prepared a will through which he gave all his money and property to Eva and her daughters and tried to commit suicide but he was saved. Axel left behind insurance money of one thousand dollars. As expected, again general store was a failure and she lost all her wealth. Rosen suggested Eva to take one thousand dollars and left the place. It was just the hallucination of Rosen as he had a desire to see Eva breaking down before him. Thus, this story shows the social, cultural and economic system of modern age which is based on exploitation. She did not want to take charity in any form but wanted to live an independent and an honourable life. He, even, offered her his own house just out of sympathy. Eva is the mouth piece of Bernard Malamund and through her the writer has conveyed us a message that we should not live on charity under any circumstances whatsoever, instead we should try to live a life based on moral values and we must not throw away our self respect. Rosen fabricated another plan and sent her money through post as a repayment of the debt taken from her late husband but she smelled the reality and sent back the money. This story vividly shows the socio-economic constraints of this modern machine age.
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