Question

discuss the theme of love and affection as depicted in the story Salvatore

Answer 1

In his short story "Salvatore," Maugham starts out by saying, "I wonder if I can do it." The reader is unsure what Maugham is trying to do as the author draws a portrait of a man named Salvatore who faces a series of disappointments in his life. While serving in the military in China, Salvatore falls ill. Consequently, the woman he wants to marry refuses to marry him because she is afraid he will not be strong enough to work.

Rather than wallow in self-pity, Salvatore agrees to marry Assunta, a woman he claims is "as ugly as the devil," and he then faces life with determination

Here what we see isnt the regular adjustments a couple is bound to be into ,but a force of a bond which isnt measured by superficial qualities like beauty

(p.s this story incubates the lover inside a human being, not attached to the strings of someone whose just beautiful ,but by a mind much more than beautiful..