the short story "Plan of Attack"by Saki, Bertie's mother is inclined to maintain a strict eye on her children even if it means invading their privacy. do you think her actions are justified? Give your reason
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Burtie Heasant is the main character : 19 years and 8 months old boy, live by his parents and have sisters.
Ella McCarthy is maybe the girlfriend of Burtie.
The mother of Burtie : she is curious, want Burtie to be the perfect son, she have an empty-mind.
Clovis Sangrail = Clothilde (a friend of Burtie).
Burtie feels angry and annoyed by the fact that her mother is reading all his letters. His friend, Clovis, decided to change this situation by writing weird letters under the name of ''Clothilde''.
She continued to ask him questions but Burtie never replied to any of them. An other letter arrived with ''private'' marked on it too. In this letter, the ''murder'' was confirmed. Burtie's mother started to cry louder and said to Burtie that she knows everything. This one finally replied and said that all of this is imaginary. A last letter came, written under the name of Clovis Sangrail, who said that all of this was imaginary and was especially intended to Burtie's mother. Burtie came out of his bedroom and said he was going to find a doctor for his mother because he thinks she is crazy to read other people's letters and exciting herself about it. Burtie's mother doesn't want people to hear about this and promised she won't open Burtie's letters again. The story end up by '' And Clovis as no more faithful friend than Burtie Heasant.''
The story takes place in Kensington Garden, on a late spring afternoon. This is the story of a boy (Burtie) who offers handkerchiefs to his girlfriend (Ella McCarthy). This one didn't thank's Burtie because she knows that the mother of Burtie opens all his letters. Burtie is really angry . The evening, he meets his friend Clovis at the swimming-bath and explain him the situation. This one replied that if he were at his place, he would do something to change the situation.
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Hector Hugh Munro, known by the name Saki, is a british writer.
Was born the 18th of December 1870 and died the 14th of November 1916, while fighting for the Great Britain in the '' Bataille de la Somme ''.
He is considered as one of the best short stories writer.
Summary (part 2)
Setting
Themes and symbolism
One or two days after this conversation, Burtie received a letter but he wasn't at home. It was marked ''private'' on it. His mother opened it as quickly as possible and discovered a weird text and thought his son was planning on murdering someone and would be rewarded for it and the letter said '' Your mother must not know of my existence.'' She started to cry and then Bertie arrived at home and his mother started to ask him questions about Clothilde. Burtie said he doesn't know anything and locked him inside his bedroom.
Curiosity might be bad
A relation between a mother and his son
Independance
The story take place in Kensington Garden, on a late spring afternoon. Maybe at the beginning of the 19th century : people are talking to each other by letters and they are living by their parents at the age of 20. The main character (Burtie) is really annoyed by the attitude of his mothe