Analysis Of Ian Mansfield's Short Story 'Feuille D Album'
In the recent 5 years the social media platforms have grown very fast and they gained high popularity in our lives. Pictures of exotic beaches, exciting leisure activities or an exciting weekend party marathon are rubbed over our daily by our "friends" in social networks. We get a pretty big sense of envy from looking at such postings. The modern life is inconceivable without posting the “perfect” life on social media. But have you ever wondered what lies behind the facade of these pictures? For what reason do we even decide to share pictures of private matters, such as holiday experiences, with the Internet? We want other people to look at it and get green with envy. Each one of us even has a very specific idea of who is going to see the photos
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But social media also makes us bitter and makes us unable to recognize our own beautiful life. We spend hours chasing other people on social media. I can recognize that behavior on Ian French, a character in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Feuille d’Album”. The first half of the story is mainly a description that reflects Ian's self-satisfied, uninteresting nature. The story begins to come to life when he discovers a neighbor girl he feels attracted to. The flow of the story is picking up more and more as he thinks about the girl. Instead of being sociable he makes a weird decision. He is wasting time by stalking her because of shyness and lack of self-confidence. By doing that he is disconnecting himself from the “real world”. Exactly like people who spend lots of time on social media following their friends rather than meeting them. It becomes strange when Ian French starts to follow her while she goes shopping. He follows her the way home. At the end he is embarrassed by his hasty "introduction" by giving her the egg she dropped on the way home. He would probably regret not having developed his social skills before speaking to her. Maybe Ian French and we, the social media dominated society, are overwhelmed when we take a step into the "real
But social media also makes us bitter and makes us unable to recognize our own beautiful life. We spend hours chasing other people on social media. I can recognize that behavior on Ian French, a character in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Feuille d’Album”. The first half of the story is mainly a description that reflects Ian's self-satisfied, uninteresting nature. The story begins to come to life when he discovers a neighbor girl he feels attracted to. The flow of the story is picking up more and more as he thinks about the girl. Instead of being sociable he makes a weird decision. He is wasting time by stalking her because of shyness and lack of self-confidence. By doing that he is disconnecting himself from the “real world”. Exactly like people who spend lots of time on social media following their friends rather than meeting them. It becomes strange when Ian French starts to follow her while she goes shopping. He follows her the way home. At the end he is embarrassed by his hasty "introduction" by giving her the egg she dropped on the way home. He would probably regret not having developed his social skills before speaking to her. Maybe Ian French and we, the social media dominated society, are overwhelmed when we take a step into the "real