3. Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
4. ‘The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
Answers
Ans3:
Mrs. Dorling kept the valuable items in her house until the war was over as she didn’t want them to lose during the war in case they decided to leave the place. Her mother gave her the address of Mrs. Dorling ’46, Marconi Street’. She remembered the address and decided to visit her anyway. She was afraid to visit the place again as it brought back many past memories. When she saw all the possessions, they were arranged in a tasteless manner and she lost interest in them. She could not connect with the things and thought that she would not stay at the house any longer, she would destroy the good memories she had with those items. She finally decided to forget the address and not to go back to that place.
Ans4:
The war always brings a lot of suffering to human beings. It brings them both destruction and death. ‘The Address’ is based on the same theme. During the war, all the belongings were taken by Mrs. Dorling who promised to keep them safe. The mother of the protagonist died and all the possessions were left with the acquaintance. Years later the girl decided to visit the house whose address was given by her mother years ago. The woman showed no sympathy to her and took the time to even recognize her. She thought everyone in her family had died. The girl wanted to take back her belongings. She didn’t allow the girl to enter the house. She seemed like a woman who didn’t have any human emotions. So, the war leaves the world desolated and it cannot be healed.
Explanation:
ans 3. the narrator went to the house of the lady who had safely kept many valuable items of a mother during the war days . the address of a lady given by her dead mother in those days helped her in searching out the house of the lady . but, after finding the belongings of a mother being kept in used in an improper way, she lost all her emotional attachment to them . everything was arranged in a tasteless way . the Ugly furniture and the unpleasant smell a book the memory of the war again and reminded her again of her dead Mother . so she justified by saying to herself that she lived in a small rented room . she had no place to keep all these things. that's why she wanted to forget that adress.
ans 4.