prepare a write up on the values of
the relationships as protrayed in the story THE PRICE OF FLOWERS
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The story discusses family relationships .The strong love and care Maggie showers towards her mother is of the highest order.Maggie's mother is a widow and is unhealthy .Still she makes cakes and sells to take care of Maggie. Maggie compels the writer to tell a lie only because she wanted her mother recover soon.
The story revolves round the crystal ring sent by Frank as a token of his love towards his mother and sister.The priceless flowers to be dedicated at Frank's grave sums up the deep love and respect the sister and mother had for Frank.The writer is surprised by the magical bond of love among the members of the family.When we analyse the family relationships in the story , we can say that life is beautiful here with the magical bond of selfless love.
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The Price of Flowers” is a story written by P.K Mukhopadhyay which paints family relationships in bright colours.This story portrays the life of a young poor girl named Alice Margaret Clifford(Maggie) who was far away from her brother Frank who lives far away in India. Gupta was an Indian living in London. Once he met Alice in a vegetarian restaurant. She was also called Maggie . She was working as typist in a nearby office. Her mother made cakes to sell them on Saturdays. She was from a poor family. She wanted to know if Gupta was an Indian. Her brother Frank had gone to India as he was a soldier in the military service.
Gupta once went to Maggie’s house to meet her mother. Her mother was anxious to know about India because she had heard that India was a dangerous place to live in. She believed that most of the Indians had the rare power to see a person living in a distant land by gazing at a crystal ring. Maggie and her mother wanted him to look into the crystal ring and say how Frank was. Gupta told them that he did not possess such a power.