The Address

The Plot of the story:

The story "The Address" by Marga Minco is about a daughter who travels to Holland after the end of World War II in order to look for her mother's possessions. The story is quite moving. The narrator travels all the way back to Holland so that she may go to the location where her mother stored all of her most treasured possessions. She wanted to see all of the belongings that were a link between her family and herself after normality had been restored in Holland after the conclusion of the Second World War. The narrator knocks on the door of a residence, but it is only partially opened when it is finally answered. She inquires about the proprietor's familiarity with her before revealing that she is Mrs. S's daughter. But the woman who owns the home, Mrs. Dorling, claims she has never heard of her. She continued to look at her but didn't say a word the whole time. Mrs. Dorling's expression showed no indication whatsoever that she recognised her. The narrator pondered the possibility that she was mistaken and that she had in fact rung the incorrect bell. The narrator then caught a glimpse of a green knitted cardigan that belonged to her mother and that Mrs. Dorling was wearing. She was grateful for the reassurance that she had come to the right place. However, Mrs. Dorling made an explanation for herself by stating that she was unable to speak to the girl on that particular day and that she should return at a later time. Then, without any compunction, she slammed the door.

The narrator returns to the step she was previously standing on after Mrs. Dorling has finished closing the door. Someone would have looked at her strangely, followed by asking what it was that she wanted when the curtain in front of the bay window moved. Oh, nothing, the lady would have said in her typical manner. "It was of no consequence." The nameplate captures the narrator's attention once again. On white enamel, written in black letters, is the word "Dorling." And the number is displayed a little farther up on the jamb. Number 46. As she makes her way back to the station at a leisurely pace, she reflects on her mother, who had provided her with the address many years before.

The event occurred during the initial part of the War. After being gone for a few days, she returned home to find that many aspects of the house had been altered, which instantly drew her attention. She was absent-minded about several things. Her mother was taken aback that her daughter should have noticed so promptly. After that, she related the story of Mrs. Dorling to her. Although she had never heard of her, it turned out that she was a long-time friend of her mother, whom she hadn't seen in many years. She had reemerged out of nowhere and initiated communication with them again. Since that time, she has been coming frequently.

The narrator's mother shares a story with her daughter about an old friend of hers called Mrs. Dorling, whom the narrator has never heard of but who, according to the narrator's mother, she hasn't seen in years. The narrator has never heard of Mrs. Dorling. She had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and resumed contact with them after being absent for a long time. Since then, Mrs. Dorling has made a habit of often visiting this location. According to the narrator's mother, Mrs. Dorling never left the house without taking anything with her whenever she went out. She reached out with one hand and grabbed every piece of silverware that was on the table. Then there were the antique plates that were shown in an exhibition there. She complained that the heavy crockery caused her a crick in her back, and it was difficult for her to lug those large vases. The expression on her mother's face, as she shook her head in sympathy was heartbreaking. Her mother would never, in a million years, have had the audacity to ask her such a question. It was she [Dorling] who was the one who suggested it to the narrator's mother in the first place. Even more, she was adamant about doing it. It was a source of fear for Dorling that they would lose all of their magnificent possessions. She said that if they were compelled to leave their house, they would be obliged to relinquish all of their possessions in order to do so. The narrator asks her mother whether she thinks it's important for her to remember everything, and the narrator's mother says, "As if that's necessary." The next thing the narrator does is question her mother about whether or not she thinks it's a good idea for her to retain everything.

The narrator, seeing that nothing she had done could bring her mother back from the grave, decides to give up everything and start again. She makes the decision to go on with her life and rely only on the memories of the past. When the girl finally went to that location, the address, which had been so significant to her before, lost all of its significance, and she realised that using it would bring her nothing but misery.
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Transformation of Sentences 1

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