What the story is about, I think, is knowing that all the choices you make in life involve suffering and regret sometimes, accepting the fact, and going on making those choices anyway. It's that bittersweetness of life and I think the story captures it beautifully.
This is an excellent synopsis of the story. Life does contain both the bitter and the sweet, but as an eternal optimist, I prefer to spin mine toward the sweet. As a result, I am much more forgiving of the stories that make me smile and laugh, than the stories that make me think. The more I thought about this story, the less I enjoyed it. But your analysis made me like it a little bit more.
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Date: 2008-04-13 03:18 pm (UTC)This is an excellent synopsis of the story. Life does contain both the bitter and the sweet, but as an eternal optimist, I prefer to spin mine toward the sweet. As a result, I am much more forgiving of the stories that make me smile and laugh, than the stories that make me think. The more I thought about this story, the less I enjoyed it. But your analysis made me like it a little bit more.