"the rose"
Q: What view of the old man is given in this short story? Support your answer with detailed reference to the text!In this short story by peter Carey , the main character is an old man, who was in charge of a Nazi concentration camp, where Jews were killed in the second world war. If this Had been said at the start of the short story, the old man would have immediately been Vilified by the audience. Instead, from the start, the audience is made to sympathize for In the short story "The Rose" by Peter Carey, we are shown that the old man appears to be punishing himself for something which is unknown to the reader. He also appea
The old man chose a small, unknown village to live in. However we are given an impression that the old man feels he deserves all of this by the way that he "called at the post office consistently", "waiting patiently' and "never complaining". The clerk even tormented the old man, by playing an "idle and malicious game". In the short story "The Rose" by Peter Carey we are made to view the old man in a positive manner, and to pity him. This makes the reader feel sorry for the old man. This is first shown in the second paragraph "He spoke Spanish very badly, and often irritated the clerk". The villagers made no attempt to help him or teach him (that we are told of) and were just annoyed at him. This gives the reader the impression that the old man is self pitying, and has done something wrong. rs to be hiding from something, as shown in the first paragraph, "I have looked for the village on an atlas and cannot find it". The reader now knows why he was punishing himself, but remains sympathetic towards him, because he showed remorse. He is shown to be punishing himself by the quote "the glasshouse was warmer than his own mean bedroom", which leaves the impression that he cares more for his plants than himself. The author Peter Carey used words like " he walked painfully" and he "looked fragile and pitiable" to describe the old man.
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