The Nightmare and the Rose
The Nightingale and the Rose (analysis)
How would you describe love? If you were to explain it to someone, how would you do it? Although love, like every other emotion, is different from person to person, I believe that this short story, The Nightingale and the Rose, does a pretty good job of describing it. Two points of view are presented in this story: the one from the nightingale and the one form the student.
The most romantic and loving character is of course this sweet little bird who helps a poor student to get his chance with the girl of his dreams. This beautiful creature lacks humanity, but sure has a lot she can teach this young student. Not only does she sacrifice her own life for the one thing she thinks is important, but she also truly understands what love actually is. It is not just an emotion it is almost a way of life, an obsession. It can make you feel wonderful, but can also destroy you quite easily. The nightingale didn’t even know the student until she heard his story and she still did all she could to help him fulfill his deepest desire. The poor little bird went far and wide to find a single red rose, which she had to make herself with her very own blood and in the end; she literally was thrown away and crushed by a passing cart.
How ungrateful can you be?! Learning and pushing your own personal culture is important, but you still need to live your life as YOU think it should be lived. Books may give you a hint on how you should feel in a certain situation, but you don’t really know what that feeling is until you experience it yourself. The student didn’t love that materialistic girl, he couldn’t have. When you love someone you don’t just give up and pass on to the next girl or guy that comes along, you need time to get over what you once and felt; it doesn’t just go away after a few seconds like that. Let him live in his tomes if that is truly what he wants, we’ll see how far that gets him later in life.
Posted by Maxime
How would you describe love? If you were to explain it to someone, how would you do it? Although love, like every other emotion, is different from person to person, I believe that this short story, The Nightingale and the Rose, does a pretty good job of describing it. Two points of view are presented in this story: the one from the nightingale and the one form the student.
The most romantic and loving character is of course this sweet little bird who helps a poor student to get his chance with the girl of his dreams. This beautiful creature lacks humanity, but sure has a lot she can teach this young student. Not only does she sacrifice her own life for the one thing she thinks is important, but she also truly understands what love actually is. It is not just an emotion it is almost a way of life, an obsession. It can make you feel wonderful, but can also destroy you quite easily. The nightingale didn’t even know the student until she heard his story and she still did all she could to help him fulfill his deepest desire. The poor little bird went far and wide to find a single red rose, which she had to make herself with her very own blood and in the end; she literally was thrown away and crushed by a passing cart.
How ungrateful can you be?! Learning and pushing your own personal culture is important, but you still need to live your life as YOU think it should be lived. Books may give you a hint on how you should feel in a certain situation, but you don’t really know what that feeling is until you experience it yourself. The student didn’t love that materialistic girl, he couldn’t have. When you love someone you don’t just give up and pass on to the next girl or guy that comes along, you need time to get over what you once and felt; it doesn’t just go away after a few seconds like that. Let him live in his tomes if that is truly what he wants, we’ll see how far that gets him later in life.
Posted by Maxime