The Broken Boot

The story under consideration is written by John Galsworthy. The title is “The broken boot”. The story is built round 2 main personages: the actor, Gilbert Caister and his old acquaintance Bryce-Green. The title attracts my interest. What is “The broken boot” about? When I read the title for the first time I thought that the text would be about the children who were somewhere in the park and playd football or smth. else and one of them broke his boot and so on. But having read the text I can say what the text is really about.
The actor, Gilbert Caister had been without job for a long time and now he was playing Dr. Dominic in the last act of one production and a certain jauntiness had returned to the gait and manner of one employed again. His salary was 4 pound a week what was not enough. Then fixing his monocle he emerged from his lodging and walked on in the street he regarded a fishmonger’s lobsters that he had eaten ages since. He moved up street and stopped again before a tailor’s window. He fancied himself in a tweed, but his clothes were faded and old. And his particular feature was his meche blanche.
So, he walked on further and suddenly he recognized a face he knew. It was his old acquaintance Bryce-Green, a short and dapper man. Bryce was easy so happy to see Gilbert again that he offered him to go to have a lunch. Gilbert was very hungry and he replied that he would be delighted but within him he thought cheerfully that he was going to have a feed, and he added after that “my boy”. Bryce ordered a lot of foods and they talked a lot. Bryce-Green admired with Gilbert, with his play, he considered him for a real good actor. Talking with Gilbert Bryce saw suddenly Gilbert’s meche blanch and asked him how he accounted for it. Caister trembled if you thied starvation, but he said only that he dindn’t know. Bryce repeated constantly that Gilbert had a topping life and he would come and see him that night. So, but suddenly Bryce fixed his eyes on smth.,
Caister followed them and saw his boot. It was broken and dangled 6 inches off the ground. Suddenly Bryce-Green stood up, if he could help him in case he was rocky, but Gilbert replied that he needed nothing. Indeed Caister needed a good well-paid job, he needed a helping hand, but he was too proud and dignity. Then Bryce excused and went out, because he had an engagement. Lonely Gilbert sat in the restaurant and thought about himself, his life, how he had to look for work and that his life was a dog’s life. Some minutes later 2 women came in and they spotted Gilbert’s Dr. Dominic and his meche blanche. Caister gathered himself and rose. The young women were gazing at him. Elegant, with a faint smile, Gilbert passed them close, so that they couldn’t see his broken boot. He started playing as a real actor.
So, the idea of this story maybe started in the following way: Relationships between people, a gap between reach and poor people. The author contrasted two different people: Gilbert who was poor and Bryce-Green, a reach man. They were old acquaintances. Caister was in need, he couldn’t find a good job, but he tried to do it. At the same time he was very dignity, proud to accept a helping hand. He remained without job, money though he was a good man and actor. Sometimes the life can be not fair to people. And Bryce was the wealthy patron the moving spirit of entertainment, a thoughtful kind man. He wanted to uphold Gilbert, he gave a helping hand to him, but Caister refused.
I would like to characterize the main personages. In addition that Caister was dignity and proud, he was also a kind, patient, a little false man. He went in the street slightly, was calm and amiable (дружелюбный) with Bryce when they talked. He was patient because he was poor and tried to find a well-paid job, but he couldn’t do it. And he was also a false man because of his behavior with Bryce-Green. He didn’t think about Bryce, he was not so glad to see him, he thought only about food and nothing else. But he smiled, talked with Bryce in a polite manner. But we can’t condemn him, because he was really in need, hungry. I think everybody in such as situation thought only about an opportunity to eat.
As for Bryce-Green, he was also a good, thoughtful and enthusiastic[ɪnθjuzɪ'æstɪk] man. He was really glad (happy) to see Gilbert. He admired with Caister, said that Gilbert’s life was his dream-life, a topping life. Also, when he found out that Caister was poor he offered a hand to him, but Caister rejected it. As for my personal opinion to this story so, I like it. It’s true to life. And I hope that people, who are in need, find the way and their lives come to normal.