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About
Guy de Maupassant is French short story
writer and also a great novel writer. According to the sources, out of 200
short stories 6 of it was a short novel. His works focuses a lot in ordinary
life in Paris that’s why most of the used names and places are complicated in
terms of reading. Every story has a lesson that you need to considered or should
be realize after. Short story is an alternative and quickest way of reading
because it takes you only one sitting to finished the story. Although most of
them does not prefer to read one of it in the reasons the details are not precise
comparing to a novel. One of some examples work of Maupassant was a short story
also entitled The Necklace. It is already translated in Tagalog for an easy
understanding and also conveys life realization lessons.
Plot
But at this point, one of his work also, A
Father’s Confession is being review. This story is about a father’s confession
and it should be open after his coffin had been placed in the ground. He
already instructs that his children and son in law are allowed to know his
confession. In fact, the title itself gives someone an uplift curiosity what
does the father want to confess, if you feel that too then the feeling was
mutual. To make the story even short, I’ll give you the overview of the
confession. The father was known for his being an honest man in
all the known acts of his life, in his words, in his examples, his attitude, his
behavior, his enterprises, in the cut of his beard and the shape of his hats.
But when he was at the age of 26, he committed a crime unaware to the knowledge of the
others. It is started when he met a woman in a bar at Paris under a cold night.
They shared a night of attraction which resulted later on a child in her womb
but the father dislikes it and hoping that he was not born. What happened is opposes from what he wants, so he decided to marry the woman because he said he loves
her. But it is only to bring the child legally under his name. Unintentionally,
the woman died in an accident so he was unwanted left by with his child.
Because of overthinking what will other people said, after a night of a long
drive, he decided to kill his son. He heartlessly, enter his room and uncover
the child then open the window which cold winds trembles the room. They remain
in that position until he decided to close the window because he already feels
the cold in the legs of the child. He hopelessly wants his son to die but at
that moment he was wrong. The baby in the crib silently breathing although
cough was starting to torture his breathe. The father called a doctor but after,
the he did nothing. The baby stayed in that situation until 10 days ago the he
did not survive. After reading that confession they burn the paper so that it
will remain the secrets between them.
"Come to think, Do the secrets remains in the furnace? Are they sure that the truth is not set its way to be free?"
Critical Analysis
Well that’s the point of the story. You
can’t keep a secret forever. As I read the confession at the first time I was
shocked and humiliated for the father’s terrible action. If he truly loves the
mother of that child, he shouldn’t do that thing that will carry his guilt and
conscience in living. I hate him in what he did, honestly. He has no sympathy,
imagine killing an innocent child, right? To have a contrast nowadays, teenage
men become irresponsible when they get a woman pregnant. Some excuses are lame
of course, but it doesn’t mean you need to do such the father did. I still feel
annoyed in his (the father) action, I feel pity towards the kid. It breaks my heart when I am reading those part.
I prefer most of the time reading so I
rate it in 5 stars, excellent. The story has its own uniqueness it may be short
because of the idea that it is only a short story, but it gives and conveys the
messages of the story carefully. The author uses a good tone of writing because
few words for me are unfamiliar in terms. Obviously, the moral of the story is,
secrets are always having its way to be free even how secure it is to hide. So,
I would recommend this for you to read it.
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