An old man named Solomon marries a sixteen-year-old girl, Livvie and lives in a deep country. She was obedient to him and works hard for him. However, as 9 years passes he becomes feeble and lies in bed all day. One day Cash, a young field hand working for him intrudes their house, kissed Livvie and behaves as if he were her husband. Solomon gets angry in bed but he regrets that he married such a young girl. After his death, Livvie and Cash “moved around and around the room and into the brightness of the open door.”
The story shows the vivid contrast between dying Solomon and lively Cash. Solomon signifies winter and Cash spring. At the outset of the story Solomon “asked her [Livvie] if she was choosing winter, would she pine for spring, and she said, “No, indeed.” However, she chooses spring in the end as if destined.
In the end of the story “the sun was in all the bottles on the prisoned trees, and the young peach was shining in the middle of them with bursting light of spring.” This sentence is a metaphor. The prisoned trees means that she is imprisoned in Solomon’s house. The young peach is Cash and Livvie.
This is a sad story.
The story shows the vivid contrast between dying Solomon and lively Cash. Solomon signifies winter and Cash spring. At the outset of the story Solomon “asked her [Livvie] if she was choosing winter, would she pine for spring, and she said, “No, indeed.” However, she chooses spring in the end as if destined.
In the end of the story “the sun was in all the bottles on the prisoned trees, and the young peach was shining in the middle of them with bursting light of spring.” This sentence is a metaphor. The prisoned trees means that she is imprisoned in Solomon’s house. The young peach is Cash and Livvie.
This is a sad story.
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