What was the narrator purpose in visitingvthe home on marconi street?
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After the war when the life returned to normalcy, she returned back to her native city. She knew her mother’s belongings were with Mrs. Dorling. She went to the address, 46 Marconi street where she lived. However, when the narrator knocked on the door, she was responded very coldly. Mrs. Dorling was reluctant to recognize her; but when the narrator had the confirmation she had come to the right address, Mrs. Dorling flatly refused to entertain her. She asked her to come later.
Hurt and anguished, she went back. After some days she again called on Mrs. Dorling; fortunately, she was not at home; her daughter received her and asked her to come inside the house. The narrator was shocked to see the rooms full of things belonging to her mother. The Hanukkah, table-cloth, antique plates, cutlery, crockery, etc. brought back old memories of her mother.
She remembered the days before the war; once she had come to stay at home from school; at that time her mother had confided to her that Mrs. Dorling was taking the valuable household things to keep them safely in case they had to run away during the war. It was at that time narrator’s mother had given her the address of Mrs. Dorling so that she could collect the things from her.
Sitting inside Mrs. Dorling’s house she suddenly made up her mind to forget the things belonging to her mother. She thought her mother’s things had no significance for her as the mother had died during the war. Finally she decided to leave her mother’s things and forget them forever.
Explanation:
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The narrator went to no. 46, Marconi street in search of her mother’s household
things such as the cutlery, silver ware, crockery, antique pieces, etc, which
her mother had given to Mrs. Dorling to take care of before they ran away for
safety reasons during the war. This was Mrs. Dorling's address. Now, the war had ended. Life had returned to
normalcy. She had come back to her native city. She needed those things back;
besides she felt emotionally connected to her mother’s things. Those things had
become very important to her after her mother’s death. So, she wanted to
repossess those things.