The story of “Unlighted lamps”was written by Sherwood Anderson. It was back in the year of nineteen hundred and eight. Mary, an eighteen-year-old young girl, lived with her silent cold father in a rather quiet cheerless place. A critical incidence happened to her, and she began to think seriously about making plans for her future. Mary’s life was in a crisis. There were two reasons that made me believe that Mary was unhappy.
The first reason was that Mary had a troubled Childhood. Mary’s mother left home when she was pretty little, and she made no contact through all those years. Mary had no female role model to follow. In addition, the rumor about her mother and father even made it worse for her to interact with young men due to her fear of the notion of “like mother, like daughter”. The habitual silence between Mary and her father not only affected her attitude toward the people of the town where she lived but also made her own life a lonely one. She had no chance to break the ice between her and her father, even though she was eager to make a close relationship with her father. As a result, Mary’s life was never anything warm and close.
The second reason which attributed to Mary’s unhappiness was Mary’s unclear future. Mary’s father was going to die and had no much bequest left for her. Thinking back to the beginning of nineteen century when education was not prevalent among girls, one of Mary’s goals was probably to be married to someone she loved. But the only chaser at that time was Duke Yetter, the one she thought to be a rough who she had struck a sharp blow on his cheek. Nevertheless, it was not all pessimistic regarding Mary’s future. The death of her father would open the door of a new life for her. She might move to Chicago where she had spent a day with her father on several occasions. Beside, knowing that her father was not an unfeeling person as he behaved would help Mary to rebuild interpersonal skills because she knew giving herself was one of the ways to break through the wall.
In conclusion, a new door was opened to Mary after her father’s death. If Mary could show warm and generous attitude toward others, her unhappiness would probably be solved. The story reminds me of the importance of being a warm and thoughtful mother. Without an upbeat mother, without a happy daughter.
The first reason was that Mary had a troubled Childhood. Mary’s mother left home when she was pretty little, and she made no contact through all those years. Mary had no female role model to follow. In addition, the rumor about her mother and father even made it worse for her to interact with young men due to her fear of the notion of “like mother, like daughter”. The habitual silence between Mary and her father not only affected her attitude toward the people of the town where she lived but also made her own life a lonely one. She had no chance to break the ice between her and her father, even though she was eager to make a close relationship with her father. As a result, Mary’s life was never anything warm and close.
The second reason which attributed to Mary’s unhappiness was Mary’s unclear future. Mary’s father was going to die and had no much bequest left for her. Thinking back to the beginning of nineteen century when education was not prevalent among girls, one of Mary’s goals was probably to be married to someone she loved. But the only chaser at that time was Duke Yetter, the one she thought to be a rough who she had struck a sharp blow on his cheek. Nevertheless, it was not all pessimistic regarding Mary’s future. The death of her father would open the door of a new life for her. She might move to Chicago where she had spent a day with her father on several occasions. Beside, knowing that her father was not an unfeeling person as he behaved would help Mary to rebuild interpersonal skills because she knew giving herself was one of the ways to break through the wall.
In conclusion, a new door was opened to Mary after her father’s death. If Mary could show warm and generous attitude toward others, her unhappiness would probably be solved. The story reminds me of the importance of being a warm and thoughtful mother. Without an upbeat mother, without a happy daughter.
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