Discuss the short story 'The Little Willow' as a story of unspoken love?
The little Willow
By
Francis Tower
It
is a very beautiful story about silent love. The hero of the story is Simon
whereas the
heroine
of the story is a young beautiful girl named Lisby. Simon and Lisby love
each
other but they do not express their love. Their love is only eye to eye and
heart to heart.
It
is an unspoken love.
Courthouse
is a place where the Army officers come to spend their holidays. There live
three
sisters: Charlotte, Brenda and Lisby. Charlotte and Brenda are not sincere in
love.
They
are labeled as husband hunters. They do not love anybody from the core
of
their hearts.
When
Simon Byrne comes there for the first time, he stands at the threshold of the
courthouse.
Lisby
looks at him and feels that he is his kind of person. Simon likes the painting
that is
favourite
with her. They both like each other and start loving each other in their
hearts.
But they do not express their love.
After
passing his holidays when he is going to leave. Lisby gives him a little willow
tree
as a gift of love.
Later
was killed in the war. At the time of death he was keeping the willow tree with
him.
Although
it was also broken by heavy shelling. When the war ends, the lovers of Brenda
and Charlotte return. But Simon did not return.
Once
a guest tells Lisby that he was with Simon when he died. He tells that Simon
loved the
girl
who had given him the willow tree. At that time Lisby tells him that Simon was
her love.
She
starts crying.
In
the end of the story when her sister tells her that there is no letter for her,
she tells
her
that she has received her letter.
In
this story , the willow tree is the symbol of love ,the love which is silent love.
It is also a symbol
of
purity, the purity of hearts. It is the biggest expresser of love. It speaks the
words that
are
not spoken by the lover.
The little Willow
By Francis Tower
1. It is a very beautiful story about silent
love. The hero of the story is Simon whereas the heroine of the story is a
young beautiful girl named Lisby.
2. The love
each other but they do not express their love. Their love is only eye to eye
and heart to heart.
3.Courthouse
is a place where the Army officers come to spend their holidays.
4.Lisby s’
sisters Charlotte and Brenda are not sincere in love.
5.When Simon
Byrne comes there, Lisby looks at him and feels that he is his kind of
person.
6.They both
like each other and start loving each other in their hearts. But they do not
express their love.
7. When he is
going to leave, Lisby gives him a little willow tree as a gift of love.
8. Simon was
killed in the war. At the time of death he was keeping the willow tree with
him.
9.When the
war ends, the lovers of Brenda and Charlotte return. But Simon did not return.
10.Once a guest tells Lisby that he was with
Simon when he died. He tells that Simon loved the girl who had given him the
willow tree. At that time Lisby tells him that Simon was her love.
11.In the end of the story when her sister tells
her that there is no letter for her, she tells her that she has received her
letter.
12.In this story, the willow tree is the symbol
of love and purity of hearts.
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