tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post2401935616669389095..comments2024-03-26T02:02:04.516-05:00Comments on DRAGON: Saki / The Open WindowFiccioneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113302074119512881noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-36252140034211251602015-09-22T18:23:34.410-05:002015-09-22T18:23:34.410-05:00The Open Window
This story describes the facts tha...The Open Window<br />This story describes the facts that occur in a little town of England. The main characters are: a 15 years old girl; lady Vera Sappleton, her aunt and a man, Mr. Framton, the one who suffers of a nervous breakdown. This story begins with the arrival of this gentleman at Vera's home, he gives her a letter, in which he introduces himself, also his origin, where he comes from, and his relatives. So, he is received by lady Sappleton who realizes that he knows nothing about her neighbors, and neither about her aunt, so she decides to invent a horror story to terrify him.<br />This young woman has a big astuteness; she creates a tragedy, in which her aunt loses her husband, her two brothers and her dog. They allegedly died in a bog of ground, in a shooting day three years ago, actually, she explains him that each dusk their spirits appear in front of the window. The man, listens to this tale, it was so much her honesty and security that he believed all her lies, then, he was completely scared and trembling, he could not control himself. Suddenly, her aunt goes down to the bathroom, she asks him, if he is not getting bored with the conversation of her niece. The man answers her that the girl is so interesting, but he really does not want to keep on talking about this event, I can say that this part is the funniest of the story, because Mr. Framton is naïve, since, lady Vera, in a short time, create a story so perfect and convincing that actually, some people could believe it. <br />In fact, at the end of the story, the appearance of the aunt’s husband with her two brothers and her dog helps to confirm what Vera said to him, that everything was real. Without any exit, the man needed to leave Vera’s home, so he escaped without saying good bye.<br />Finally, I can affirm, the imagination of human beings does not have limits, for this reason, I believe that is better to live alone, that with this kind of neighbors. I also can say that it is really difficult to trust on people, they can be persuasive and manipulate minds with their stories and in some cases use those abilities to steal material things from you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699411759282972969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-78199273786483141612015-09-22T12:01:50.597-05:002015-09-22T12:01:50.597-05:00“The Open Window” by Saki, is an astonishing and i...“The Open Window” by Saki, is an astonishing and incredible short story which illustrates how adult people sometimes are fooled by the sagacity of children. The story is all about Mr. Nuttel, a man who was having some nervousness troubles, then he decided to look for a retreat recommended by his sister in order to follow the doctors’ instructions: being calm and avoiding mental excitement. Therefore, when he arrived at Mrs. Sappleton´s house, a fifteen year old girl, named Vera, starts a conversation with him and she fooled him by telling him that Mrs. Sappleton’s husband died three years ago while a snipe shooting, accompanied by his two brothers in law, and a spaniel. She also told him that her aunt (Mrs. Sappleton) always kept the window open because she waited for them after the shooting every evening. Suddenly, Mrs. Sappleton maked her appearance and greet Mr. Nuttel, she began to talk about the arrival of her husband and her brothers but Mr. Nuttel ignored what she was referring to by talking about his illness; unexpectedly, the three people they were talking about appeared, causing fear and horror to Mr. Nuttel as he left the house immediately; then Vera explained the hurry of Mr. Nuttel to get out of that place by saying that Mr. Nuttel was afraid of the spaniel because he had horror of dogs.<br /><br /> <br />The argument of this story is surprising, because the author shows the irony of being fooled by people we do not expect to, for example the character of Vera, (even her name is an element of irony, because in Latin origin it means "true") who took advantage of Mr Nuttel because he did not know anything about her aunt´s life, and she started to play with him, maybe she did not know the reason why Mr. Nuttel was there, she just found amusing to scared him, without knowing the consequences that episode may cause to Mr. Nuttel’s health. Thus, Vera was just a young girl who loved telling “romances” where Mr. Nuttel was another victim, and at the end he suffered what he was trying to avoid, and that is another example of irony that the author used and the irony which the whole story was about. <br /><br /><br />Personally, I really liked this short tale, because I think readers may have two different reactions: knowing that Vera was a liar and laugh because of her prank or being Mr. Nuttel at the time he watched the three figures coming to the open window; thus, at first reading I felt like Mr Nuttel, I get scared and the images that were coming to my mind gave me skeevies, but then, I realized that Vera was lying all the time. That is the reason why I love the story, because it has an unpredictable denouement and the last line explains everything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029644740598851712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-11043083463901588392015-09-22T12:00:31.062-05:002015-09-22T12:00:31.062-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029644740598851712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-57228590987650890462015-09-22T11:57:23.586-05:002015-09-22T11:57:23.586-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029644740598851712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-7642037356453589712015-09-22T08:06:34.435-05:002015-09-22T08:06:34.435-05:00“The Open Window” by Saki is a short story about a...“The Open Window” by Saki is a short story about a nervous young man called Framton Nuttlel, who has moved to the country for his health. This man seeks to be known and accepted in his new neighborhood and his sister helps him through some letters of introduction. However, he falls into the game of a little neighbor called Vera, who has a vivid imagination and a naughty nature. The theme of this story is dishonesty; while the moral value of this is never believe in something that you heard without clear evidence.<br />In outline, Mr. Nuttlel goes to visit Mrs Stapleton, and while he is waiting for her to come down, he is entertained by Vera, her fifteen-year-old niece, who takes advantage of this situation creating a story about “The open window” with the aim Mr. Nuttel believes in it. She explains him that the French window is kept open because her aunt's husband and her brothers were killed in a shooting accident three years ago, and Mrs. Stapleton believes they will come back one day. Subsequently, Mrs. Stapleton comes down and she talks about her husband and brothers, and how they are going to come back. Suddenly, Mr. Nuttel sees them walking towards the window, he thinks he is seeing ghosts, and runs away while Vera invents another false story justifying the reason of this situation. In my view, this is a short but an amazing and original story. I have to accept that when I read it for the first time; I could not understand many details about it. Nevertheless, when I caught the sense of the whole story, I loved it due to the mixture of mystery and humor that is possible to find in it.<br /> “The Open Window” is a brilliant story because not only provides a good tone but also gives an unpredictable plot. We may think the story in some way, but at the end it turns out to be different than we originally thought. Finally, I appreciate how the author also gives us a lesson about not believe everything others tell us.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359650274904793529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-2188551507997171362015-09-21T18:58:32.353-05:002015-09-21T18:58:32.353-05:00The Open Window
As soon as I read the title, I im...The Open Window<br /><br />As soon as I read the title, I imagined this story would be based on a romantic situation, in which a man often visited his lover, but he could not come into the home, so he must go to the window which was located at the back, where she was waiting for him. There, they talked about their future plans as a couple. In order to verify my suppositions about this story I started to read. However, I got completely lost because there was a lot of unknown vocabulary and it was difficult to understand. For that reason, I must read twice more to be able to comprehend what the author was talking about. Then, I could realize that what I thought and what the story really told was completely different.<br /><br />In “The open window”, the author tells the story mixing reality and fantasy to catch reader’s attention. That was shown through Vera’s intervention when she invented an astonishing story about her aunt’s tragedy in order to surprise Mr. Nuttel, who innocently listened to what she was saying and got immediately startled. In this way, Vera’s imagination lets us see something that is too common and frequent in our lives; lies. People use to lie to withhold important information, to excuse for something wrong, to avoid losing some right or position, to have a better image, or even to manipulate or confuse other person as the case that happened in this dazzling story, without thinking of the consequences that it can bring about. We can not say what was the true intention of Vera, but something is truly sure, Mr. Nuttel got scared of all the things he heard in that moment. <br /><br />As a conclusion, this story makes us reflect about how a person can seem to be good at first time, but she really hides something inside her. We must deeply know a person before believing in her words, because we can be victims of trickery or a lie that can affect us in a great deal. Thus, we must not entrust all we hear, but we have to verify if that is true or false, and in that way we are going to know with what kind of person we are related to.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211225532163520289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-66818837573045950312015-09-21T18:39:56.465-05:002015-09-21T18:39:56.465-05:00“The Open Window” is a short story that unclothes ...“The Open Window” is a short story that unclothes Saki’s special talent for creating characters. First, there is a snarky young girl with a knack for spinning real facts at short notice and an ease for talking, who quickly creates on minutiae twisted and convincing romances with horrific effects. Then, we have a quirky nerve patient old man who comes to a village which he knows quite nothing about for the advice of his doctor. <br /><br />In outline, Mr. Nuttel went to mingle with Mrs. Sappleton, who he merely knew. He is let with Mrs. Sappleton’s niece named Vera, who he waited with until he could forgather with her aunt. The young lady perceived in Mr. Nuttel an object for one of her stories, as she was quick to determine that he distinguished nobody from the locality and thus she was unfettered to exploit her wit to make up a hardship that batted her aunt to scare the dung out of Mr.Nuttel for her proper beguilement. Vera stated that Mr. Sappleton, his two younger siblings and a canine exited the window on one occasion, disappearing and being quaffed by an obstreperous terrain or that is how she made it looked. When Mrs. Sappleton winded up to the rendezvous with Mr. Nuttel she emanated an optimist aura and ensured that her family would soon return, blowing the old man’s mind out space. Finally, the men and the mutt indeed came back, therein, Mr. Nuttel dashed out the door by which Vera fooled her family by tossing off another tale with calmly equanimity to untangle the man’s swift escape.<br /><br />“The Open Window” may seem a simple story, but is full of cleverness, which makes it a must read. Saki compiled reality and imagination, by exposing how a dexterous story-teller could do to one’s sanity, and the difficult it is to distinguish between reality and the unbelievable. Readers should aboard this narrative with sharp eyes due to the author’s use of language rams that can lead to a state of numbness being deception and the worst rundown the only option.<br />Felipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839294835784055960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-313369667598867542015-09-21T17:12:58.796-05:002015-09-21T17:12:58.796-05:00‘’The Open Window’’ written by Saki, narrates the ...‘’The Open Window’’ written by Saki, narrates the story of Framton Nuttel, a nervous and introvert man who has moved to the country in the hope of recuperating from a nervous breakdown. Shortly after his arrival, he resolves to visit Mrs. Sappleton, one of his neighbors, as he thinks it would keep his mind occupied during the healing process. However, while he is waiting for her to come downstairs, Vera (her young niece) confesses him that they kept the window open because her aunt's husband and her two brothers went on a hunting trip from which they never returned and she believes they will come in through that window at any moment. A few minutes later, Mrs. Sappleton shows up and announces the prompt arrival of her husband and brothers, fact that makes him believe that she suffers some form of mental disorder. However, to his horror, Mrs. Sappleton announces the arrival of her husband and brothers, and as a result, he runs away in terror with the certainty that he has experimented a paranormal event. Only at the end of the story, the reader realizes that Vera had deceived Mr. Nuttel since "romance at short notice was her specialty’’.<br /><br />When analyzing "The Open Window" I could notice a certain mixture of humor, satire and most importantly irony, which is presented throughout the entire story. On the one hand, there is a stark contrast between Vera’s personality (outgoing, confident, imaginative) and Mr. Nuttel’s one (shy, nervous, uninventive). On the other hand, it is also ironic that Mr. Nuttel had traveled to the countryside in search of peace and tranquility, but he ends up finding exactly the opposite. Another ironic situation is Vera's name which means "truth", a characteristic that is opposed to her real personality. <br /><br />Personally, this tale grabbed my interest from the very beginning as every single detail was carefully crafted and organized in such a way that the different events of the story are full of meaning and they smoothly transition between each other. Finally, I highly recommend it to suspense and mystery lovers.<br />Laura Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858598831790980528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-38839307083420311872015-09-21T08:03:00.206-05:002015-09-21T08:03:00.206-05:00'THE OPEN WINDOW'
‘The open window’ is a ...'THE OPEN WINDOW'<br /><br />‘The open window’ is a short story written by Hector Hugh Munro, ‘Saki’. A story about a man with health problems who has to come to the countryside to rest and to have a quiet life. He goes to visit one of his neighbors that was recommended by his sister. In the first visit, while he is waiting for Mrs. Sappleton, he has a conversation with the lady's niece who makes him an incredible prank, and he believes all like an innocent boy; besides, this story has an unexpected ending that will surprise the reader. The first time, I read the title, I imagined, a fantasy story about the adventures, secrets, spells and other dimension with fantastic creatures and monsters crossing a magic open window. <br /><br />There were some interesting aspects in the story. First, when the author shows two contrasts. The audacity of a 15-year old girl to persuade, and the innocence of a man to be convinced by a young lady, for this reason, 'Saki' did an excellent job, due to he reflected his creativity and humor throughout the story. Second, how the story changes the plot, because it begins with the tragic story told by young lady and it ends with the humorous reaction of Mister Nuttel to Vera's joke. Finally, the way how the author finished the short story: “Romance at short notice was her specialty”, this line presented Vera as a mischievous young girl and revealed that she had tricked Mr. Nuttel. <br /><br />Personally, I love this story, because the author was able to transmit the characters’ feelings and emotions, and also, because 'Saki' got my attention, due to during the story I always was to the expectation for knowing the end.<br /><br /><br />By Camilo Andres Casadiegos NIz <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240717190094444768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-15158801228839722812015-09-20T15:36:38.680-05:002015-09-20T15:36:38.680-05:00“The open window” written by Saky is a short story...“The open window” written by Saky is a short story that revolves around three main characters: Mr. Nuttel, Miss Vera, and Mr. Sappleton. Mr. Nuttel was a man who decided to visit Mr. Sappleton’s house as he wanted to go to a place where he could rest, avoid mental excitement, or anything in the nature of violent physical exercise. When he finally arrived to the house, he met Mr. Sappleton’s niece, Vera, an apparently lovely child that was waiting for her aunt. During his wait, Vera started doing questions to the old man about his visit in order to take advantage of his ignorance and have fun at his expense for a while. <br />At that moment, Vera started talking about the reasons why a big window in the middle of the living-room had its doors opened, and invented a horror story in which her aunt’s husband, her two brothers and their dog have died in a shooting day. Vera, using every detail of the customs of the family made the naïve man believe that all of them were dead, and her poor aunt, was a little crazy. Due to her lost, she used to leave the window opened with the hope of their return. That day, precisely at that moment, the three men and their dog were coming back of a shooting journey, and the poor Mr. Nuttel thought they were coming back from the dead. This fact scared him to death and made him run away from the house without knowing the truth. <br />This story was a meaningful experience to me. First, I admire the author’s wisdom to write such a perfect story; second, it is just amazing the way the author play with the readers. Personally, I felt like a fool because this story sent chills to my spine while I was reading it for the first time, and even I had to read it again because I felt that something was wrong with it. It is curious the way everything fits perfectly, the characters’ personality, the description of the context and the image of course. This is a short story, but it does not really matter because the author provides to the readers the amount of specific information necessary to contextualize, understand, distract and amuse themselves. It was just awesome!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576628641091085712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-38823706843319556472015-09-19T18:49:31.044-05:002015-09-19T18:49:31.044-05:00“The open window” is a story which does not presen...“The open window” is a story which does not present a chronological order because there are some flashbacks. However, these flashbacks enhance the story leading the reader to imagine each secondary event which is related to the plot. The story is about two characters, a fifteen-year-old girl called Vera and a man named Framton Nuttel. They are so different: she is an adolescent girl, member of the family, and he is a man about middle age who visits them. She invents a story about “The open window” with the purpose of frightening Mr, Nuttel and he believes it. <br />In considering "The Open Window" it is really important to take into account that this is a funny story in which the characters do not laugh but that each physical movement and facial expression give a comical sense to the story. Clearly, Vera had a mischievous essence and an untamed sense of humor because she is who gives meaning to the story. In my view, she is very creative and has a great imagination and skill to act and to persuade people because Nuttel’s reaction was surprising. However, Vera had to do the best effort to avoid laughing in front of Nuttel and her aunt and not to be discovered.<br />It is one of the most interesting works that I have read because one is scared as we are reading the story but at the end when we understand it, we do deep breathing and laugh. In other words, as Mr. Framton Nuttel was cheated by Vera, so were we. For me, the moral is that we must not believe all what people say especially if we do not know them because we could look ridiculous or be laughed at. It is essential to think before acting.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180438907373019150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-23010439899135013012015-09-19T18:41:05.495-05:002015-09-19T18:41:05.495-05:00"The Open Window"
It is a short story w..."The Open Window"<br /><br />It is a short story written by Saki that took place in an English home room which turns around three main characters Mr. Nuttel, who suffers a nervous illness; Mrs. Sappleton; and Miss Vera who is a 15 years old lady and Ms. Sappleton’s niece.<br /><br />Mr. Nuttel arrived with a letter of introduction, written down by his sister, to Sappleton’s rural house in order to socialize with them. When he finally arrived to their house he met Miss Vera. He asked about her aunt. She took advantage of his ignorance about her family and told him that there was a tragic story about her aunt’s brothers and husband who had been killed in a shooting accident. Then, Mr. Nuttel was curious about the open French window. She explained him that the window was all time open, being that her aunt always thought that they would come home soon. Suddenly, when she finished of telling this story difficult to believe, Mrs. Sappleton placed next to Mr. Nuttle and told him that her husband and brothers were about to come home. He thought, she was deranged and tried to distract her in order to get out of that house as soon as possible. She insisted they were coming and pointed out the window through which some silhouettes of three men and a dog were coming close. Mr. Nuttel thought they were ghosts, got scared and finally run away. And the end, Mrs. Sappleton asked to her niece why he had run away to which Miss. Vera replied “because he is scared of dogs”. <br /><br />At the very beginning, when I read the title of the story and saw the image of it, I thought that it was a touching story about a charitable family, with lots of money who helped people in need by giving them food and shelter. Furthermore, I think that it is a catching and interesting story. Nevertheless, I think it is a little bit difficult to understand at the first time because of its complexity. I had to read this story three times in order to understand it in an appropriate way but at the end, I realized that it was an interesting story.<br />Yesenia Castañedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287409562322063787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-66454548238400668952015-09-19T16:45:31.111-05:002015-09-19T16:45:31.111-05:00"The Open Window" written by the British..."The Open Window" written by the British writer Saki. The first thing I thought when I read the title was I suppose to know what it is about: it is relating to a house with a window where you can see everything, and you can know what is happening around them; but when I looked in detail the image, my perspective changed ; I thought it was a big picture but in high definition because of its dimensions and the people who were in there, they were looking at it; Anyway, none of the expectations that I thought about the story were accurate.<br /> Regarding to the story, it is amazing how the author plays with two characters and their characteristics and differences; where the difference of ages and personalities make the plot of the story more interesting. The attitude is "Vera" who seems to be innocent, but actually it was not, because she knew the situation of Mr. Nuttel) instead of providing an aid to heal or improve his health, what she did was to manipulate his thoughts and emotions, since, she can persuade him about the reality of a story that never happened and to run away terrified from that place. Moreover, Mr. Nuttel was a serious and old man, who is betrayed by his mind and his nerves, he was afraid, and thought to have confirmed what Vera was saying was true, but he did not look for the means to corroborate it, so, he preferred to run away before things could get worse.<br /> For me, the story was good, because it is not as predictable as I thought; furthermore, when one knows about the life of the author and mostly about his childhood, one can deduce that this situation could have lived, but it distorts some information and modifies the characters; I also think it is a way in which the author criticizes these aspects of the world in which he lived. Differently, this story caused me fear, as I discovered the ease of some people to invent and lie to others and also made me laugh as I perceived in the story a naïve old man.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769073680849460790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-51342338718389892052015-09-19T14:54:47.298-05:002015-09-19T14:54:47.298-05:00“The Open Window”
This story presents an unexpect...“The Open Window”<br /><br />This story presents an unexpected denouement to come. So, it is about a young lady named Vera who lives in her aunt’s house, Mrs. Sappleton. Briefly, she uses her imagination and astuteness to create romances and upset someone’s sensibility. Then, one day she receives a new guest (victim): Mr. Nuttel who constantly suffers nerves episodes and who decides to go to a retreat and rest because of an order of his doctor. He came into this house by a letter of introduction from his sister but he only knows the name and the address of the hostess: Mrs. Sappleton. So, when he arrives he finds Vera, who takes advantage of his situation, and she begins to dream up a tragedy and horror story about her aunt’s husband and family. So, Mr Nuttel came into her game, taking him to a total immersion of an intense panic until he has to run out of the house at the end. <br /><br />When reading, the author’s cleverness is evident, because we as readers got inside the story and he plays with our sensitivity and makes us feel the same as any of the characters. Besides, he gives particular aspects to each one of them that readers find hard to identify the main character.<br /><br />Another point I would like to emphasise, is the fact he has been influenced by others authors, for example, we can appreciate in the reading that the main character is a fifteen young lady with a ridiculous creative ability to improvise unreal tales. So, as we know he has written comedy version of “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll and probably Vera was inspired in Alice who also was a teenage girl who used to dream about an unreal world in her mind (dreams). <br />Beatrizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189241896971245894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-56705405659507165372015-09-19T13:54:04.444-05:002015-09-19T13:54:04.444-05:00“The Open Window” by Saki is a story about a guy n...“The Open Window” by Saki is a story about a guy named Framton Nuttel, who apparently has moved to the countryside on his doctor´s advice in order to effect a cure for a condition from which he suffers. Turns out that his sister has lived in the area and has given him some letters of introduction to his new neighbors. One of them is Mrs. Sappleton, but he is first met by her niece, Vera, who talks to him while her aunt arrives. When Vera finds out that Mr. Nuttel knows nothing about her aunt, she tells a story about Mr. Sappleton and his two brothers in law, how they died and why the window is always open. She characterized her aunt as a mentally disturbed widow that hopes that her men enter someday through that window again as they used to. At the end, the three men in fact arrived and Mr. Nuttel leaves the house terrified, thinking that they were ghosts but the truth is that Vera made up the whole story and again makes up another one to explain Mr. Nuttel´s behavior and why he has left that way. <br /><br />This is a very interesting short story, in which we realize how the author plays with us, the readers. At the beginning I thought it was a horror story, and in fact, it kind of scared me when reading, but then it came to my mind that it was a funny story instead. Although none of the characters laughs, it is part of what is funny. Vera not only has a vivid imagination and a mischievous nature, but she has a wild sense of humor. I could imagine her face at the end of the story, just like in the video, with that innocent smile of hers that is more creepy than cute! I know that when Vera was telling the story, she should have been laughing on the inside. Actually, she may be having a very hard time to keep from laughing out loud, because I do not think she expected that Mr. Nuttel was going to fall for that.<br /><br />I really liked this story, and I find it very different from what I have read before. It gave me a throwback to my childhood, in which we did lots of things out of creativity and innocence. Sometimes I made up stories, not as extreme as Vera´s, but in the same mischievous way, so people believe in what I was saying. Though Vera is not as innocent as one would think, I consider this is her way to amuse herself. She does not seem to have many friends, if any, and she has to do her best to avoid boredom. Vera is a good actress and a good story-teller too. She must have been planning to fake that look of "dazed horror" from the very beginning, because she knew what was going to happen. I even think she might have told the same story to another visitor before. I just hope I never meet anyone like her in my entire life.<br />Eduardo Salcedo Urzolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17560281990449637738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-33706239152896314472015-09-19T13:47:50.112-05:002015-09-19T13:47:50.112-05:00"The Open Window" by Saki, is a short an..."The Open Window" by Saki, is a short and confusing story about a young man, Framton Nuttel, who was sent to the country to recover from a nervous breakdown. He, with only a letter of introduction in his hands, decided to visit a woman named Mrs. Sappleton with whom his sister once stayed, and he is greeted by the woman’s young niece. After the niece learned that Mr. Nuttel hardly knew anything about her family or the neighborhood, the young decided to make a terrible prank, in which she related a terrifying story, which initially for the reader did not have anything of mystery until reading the end. The first time I read the title I thought I have understood it, I knew something was behind the open window, perhaps a story with a lot of meaning, but I never expected to find such a confusing and unexpected story, and I had to read it a second time to understand it completely.<br /><br />This is a story whose purpose is to show the everyday deception that people are exposed to, and sometimes for being naive they fall without realizing. The moral value that lies behind each line tells us that we should never believe anything that we hear without a clear evidence or make sure beforehand. Besides, we must re-check the information and this will avoid us from being deceived. Undoubtedly, this story is a sarcastic one to people who easily believe in anything from anybody.<br /><br />Personally, I had fun reading these stories because it allowed me to have a deeper insight, and a critical analysis of the things that actually happen and cannot be seen with the naked eye. I admit that before I had finished reading, I believed in what Vera had said, and I expected a completely different ending, but I understood that this type of changes in the story are the ones that make them more attractive to the reader. After meeting not only the story but also the reader's life, I can say that the name given to Saki as “the master of short stories” is undoubtedly worthy of him.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905940536251929137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-50987680243562762042015-09-19T10:14:13.479-05:002015-09-19T10:14:13.479-05:00At the beginning of this story called “The Open Wi...At the beginning of this story called “The Open Window”, I read the title and it seemed romantic to me, I thought that it was the way that two lovers saw themselves, secretly. I imagined that the girl let the window opened so her lover could enter at night. Maybe because of their parents’ prohibition. However, when I began reading, all I had in mind about the story had changed completely. First, “The Open Window” was not romantic, it was more like a comedy. Second, the beginning was confusing, I could not understand it until I had read the whole story and connect all the events given by the author. Finally, the story did not have a happy ending, here in “The Open Window” the “villain” was the winner. Vera who was a liar, able to create a story in seconds, stayed innocent in front of her family after she had told a false story to Mr. Nuttel about why the window was open.<br /><br />On the other hand, I cannot deny I liked “The Open Window”. I really loved Vera’s character. Initially, Saki showed us Vera as an innocent girl, unable to do anything evil. I believed she was like a glass, very transparent. However, taking into account her behavior against Mr. Nuttel and her ability to make up stories, she is as dangerous as a double-edged sword. We did not know what expect about her. Although, Vera, the joker and actress, is considered as the villain in the story, she represents what I am not. When I try to lie in something I am so evident. People realize whether I am lying or not because of my expressions, gestures, etc. I consider that the story would not be the same without Vera, for me nothing would have sense. She was the key to the story’s development. <br /><br />As a final remark, this story opens our eyes about what we think and expect of people just because of their physical appearance. We cannot believe everything we hear. In addition, Saki is a genius writer, I really enjoyed his style and how he shows reality in a funny way. Moreover, I like the way he engaged and played with us as readers. I would never have expected that ending. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143476573219415796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-21488768861216004292015-09-18T19:49:39.836-05:002015-09-18T19:49:39.836-05:00The Open Window
At the very beginning when I read ...The Open Window<br />At the very beginning when I read the title I immediately thought that it was a horror story, I got an idea about the book, since an open window can be another dimension, in which everything can happen Consequently, those elements motivate and capture the reader to go deeper into the reading. <br />Mr. Nuttel is a man who is forced to move to another town due to his mental illness with a letter of introduction of his sister, in order to take a rest, to get better. This plot moves towards an unreal story told by Vera, an English lady, who uses her imagination to create romances all the time. The day he arrives finds this girl who relates to Mr. Nuttel the terrifying tragedy about her family. He listens very carefully and believes every word this young woman says, he seems convinced and petrified about it. Afterwards, Mrs. Sappleton come into the house, and tells this man that her husband and young brothers are coming after hunting in the forest. Mr. Framton does not understand anything, when he sees three men outside walking to the house, when suddenly, he gets away completely scared and mentally disturbed without any reason.<br />In other words, I can infer that the author made a good job writing this book, I also consider that Munro had a lot of creativity and cleverness at writing, due to the settings, the features of each character, because they were accurately created. Another point to take into account, is that we as readers can perceive the author’s personality, the way he writes, the way he puts their characters on scene and their function in the narration. To conclude, I think that “The Open Window” is an unusual but fascinating work, owing to the sequence of events, settings and also the flashbacks that catch the reader’s attention. <br />Greciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986341642128465517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-62576378840866139552015-03-23T16:35:09.574-05:002015-03-23T16:35:09.574-05:00Nixon Florez
Saki describes “The Open Window’s st...Nixon Florez<br /><br />Saki describes “The Open Window’s story” as the basic human mocking nature in which wit and imagination and also intelligence make fun of the innocence and ignorance of other demonstrating that the upper minds are feared by the inferior ones.<br />It is noticeable how the author plays with two ages and their characteristics and differences. Firstly, Mr. Framton who is searching friendship and someone to chat with and whose sufferings and age only subject him into reality, honesty in words and facts and a relief in his decline period. Likewise Vera’s family members who are involved in Vera’s fantasy and later on are victims of her ingenuity when depicting a different and horrific story about Mr. Framton. Secondly, Vera whose imagination and creativity grounded on real facts let her orally forms her own literature and abilities to recount a lie as a truth or real fact as a fantasy or even create a legend. While reading I could perceive that the author lived in a strict and society of habit that functioned on absurd ways and protocols. But Saki criticizes these aspects of that world, nay; “The Open Window” is a critic of that non-sense and absurd society whose change only can be got by taking things more amusing and not believing everything is told. <br />Finally, I would like to state that this British writer has made of “The Open Window” he open window a fantastic and ingenious work that criticizes absurdity and people’s innocence without criteria to cast doubt on everything around. <br />Nixon Floreznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-57173863826162890352015-03-22T14:47:13.874-05:002015-03-22T14:47:13.874-05:00Firstly, when I read the title, the first thought ...Firstly, when I read the title, the first thought that came to my mind was that someone was waiting for somebody and thus, the person looked through the open window. Maybe that is a simple expectation but the title was clear and also the image given by the tale gave us that clue. In addition to the expectation, I could imagine that this story was going to be gloomy.<br /><br />According to the story, this is about a man who wants to know a woman because he thinks of knowing people could help him to cast aside the depression, but when he arrives to Mrs. Sapplenton’s house, her beautiful niece told him a terrible tragedy; then, he finds out that a great misfortune has happened three years ago where had been involved the husband, the brothers and the dog of this smart woman in an October afternoon, thus, the woman kept an open window to wait for them. Knowing that they could not come back, that day they did it and this crazy man ran away without realising that the gorgeous lady had invented the story only to tease him.<br /><br />As we have seen, this story tries to drive us mad at the first time, but when we concentrate ourselves and try to read it again; we can notice that the tale itself gives us some clues to hit the target ending without going to the final part of the story. Saki played with our minds but only some of the readers could guess if the tragedy told by Vera was a true story or not. I arrive to the conclusion that the author not only wanted to tell a creepy and untrue story, but he wanted to show that when you bother somebody, this person could make your life a mess with some simple words. Consequently, I loved this tale and I could read it time and time again. <br />Nasly Fanlainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393682548511730075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-64622846794943234632015-03-20T20:24:11.939-05:002015-03-20T20:24:11.939-05:00‘The open window’ is a short story written by Hect...‘The open window’ is a short story written by Hector Hugh Munro, best known by his pen name: Saki. A story about a nervous man who has to come to the countryside to rest due to his health problems, he goes to visit one of his neighbors and while he is waiting Mrs. Sappleton, he is having a conversation with the lady's niece who makes him a terrible prank, an unexpected ending that will surprise the reader. The first time I read the title, I thought it was going to be a fantasy story about the adventures of the main character when crossing a magic open window, a story surrounded by secrets and spells.<br /><br />There were many aspects that I really loved from the story. First, the description of the characters as well as the tone printed in their dialogues, it allowed me to have in my mind a picture of them and gave me a signal to be ready for the unimaginable twist of the story; for example, at the beginning of the story, Mrs. Sappleton’s niece said: “Then you know practically nothing about my aunt? - pursued the self-possessed young lady”; it was a relevant statement to prepare the reader for an astonishing ending. I got it with the first reading and I thought it was perfect; Saki did a great job, his creativity and humor was reflected throughout the story. Second, the subtle changes of the genre, the story started such as a horror one as Vera told Mr. Nuttel the terrible tragedy that happened in her family, then it changed to a humorous story as Mr. Nuttel ran away frightened because of Vera’s joke. Third, I was fascinated by the way the author finished the short story: “Romance at short notice was her specialty”, this line presented Vera as a mischievous young girl and revealed that she had tricked Mr. Nuttel. <br /><br />Personally, I enjoy reading this kind of stories because it allows me to see beyond the simple characters’ lives, it lets examine the story from a complete perspective as there is a wide range of secrets aspects inside the story; for instance, Vera’s hidden intentions; therefore, is quite interesting to read a story that has the power of catching your attention from the very beginning, and make the reader analyze it deeply. Finally, I appreciate the author’s compromise to the story, Saki really was able to transmit the characters’ feelings and emotions; now, I understand why he is called the master of short stories in Britain, he is worthy of such an important title.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386568020489451989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-90717745050103527682014-09-21T20:52:40.090-05:002014-09-21T20:52:40.090-05:00The title of this tale did not tell me to much whe...The title of this tale did not tell me to much when I started to read it. At the beginning, I was kind of confused because all the unknown vocabulary it contained, so I had to read it twice for understanding what was the story about, and other twice for figuring out the tale’s sense. I recognize it was rather hard because of the language style the author used, but I also admit once I understood the story I died of laughing. “The open window” is for me, the kind of story I like reading because it mixes humor and horror, these two aspects I always take them into account, not just for reading but for watching movies as well. It is not very common to find girls who love everything about dread stuffs, like me, who have always been interested in paranormal things. This tale made me feel a little bit as if I were inside the story.<br /><br /> Otherwise, talking about the story itself, I give a big applause to Vera, she has such an incredible imagination and ability to act or… lie?? I do not judge her behavior facing Mr. Nuttel, maybe she was just entertaining her mind and her ability to invent anecdotes, maybe it was merely a coincidence that Mr. Nuttel arrived when she had decided to practice her talent using a dread topic. I am not justifying this girl, but I find that poor man was so naïve for trusting on all her ideas, even if she was very astute, Mr Nuttel was not a child neither for being tricked. This girl has a promising future in Hollywood clearly. <br /><br />Finally, I agree that “Saki” is definitely a master of literature. I would like to read more about his short-stories. I really liked too much because of the effect it caused on me. The feelings author wanted to transmit I felt them and for me that is the main purpose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573730981966010431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-22297934973711849082014-09-20T18:54:40.490-05:002014-09-20T18:54:40.490-05:00“The Open Window” is a short-story written by Saki...“The Open Window” is a short-story written by Saki, Hector Hugh Munro, a British writer known as a master of short-stories with surprising endings. And this is exactly like this story finishes, with an excellent, funny and astonishing closing impossible to envisage during any moment throughout the reading. Even the title gives the reader a carte blanche to presume the plot. Me, personally, I thought that the tale was about a family who always received different kind of visitors who entered the house using the big window which was always wide opened waiting for the people to go across it. Naturally, I got wrong, as I suppose all my classmates did. <br /><br />I cannot mention just one aspect that I had loved the most about “The Open Window” because it was highly captivating from the very beginning, hence I will mention a list of things I found outstanding once I understood the story (as I have to admit that I did not get it until the second reading). Firstly, Vera, the main character, when talking of her it is absolutely necessary to congratulate Saki because being able to create such a persona with such a personality it is an achievement of huge creativity. Secondly, as I just mentioned it, Vera’s personality as she is shown as a sociable girl who just wanted to talk a little with the poor stranger who was a bundle of nerves but it is just in the end when we realize that in fact she was a bad teenager who loved making up stories and playing jokes on others. Thirdly, Vera’s tremendous ingenuity to take advantage of the man’s situation and invent a tale that she knew it was going to be perfect if she wanted to blow up his nerves. Fourthly, the sudden alteration of the story genre since it starts being a “paranormal” short story to become in a hilarious one (at least for me it was). In Fifth place and as I gave my opinion in class, the possibility which gave Saki of finding another background to the tale where Mrs. Sappleton and Vera were accomplices in playing that joke on Mr. Nuttel so that he did not rest in the countryside. Finally, the names’ meaning that Saki used with the characters: Mr. Nuttel and Vera, where “Nuttel” comes from the word “nuts” which means crazy; and “Vera” which comes from the word “veracity” that means truthfulness, and in this case the writer played with the girl’s name ironically giving it to a persona with a quite deceitful identity. <br /><br />To sum up, I want to say that “The Open Window” succeed at making part of my list of “Favorites Tales” I have read due to the diverse aspects that made catch my attention during the reading and also that caused that curiosity of analyzing deeply every aspect of it as the second background and the reason why some characters had those names. It is a story that I would recommend to any person who is interested in reading and in having an entertaining time as I had it. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511735932492219396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-16103368409500917642014-03-31T22:58:48.159-05:002014-03-31T22:58:48.159-05:00“The Open Window”By: Saki (H.H Munro)
Before read...“The Open Window”By: Saki (H.H Munro)<br /><br />Before reading all the tale , the title showed me a perspective of a fantasy story , I also observed the image for some minutes and I connected my supposition with the content of the image that I assumed it was in the ancient time because of the clothes that the characters of the picture were wearing. The phrase “the open Window” to my way of thinking was a magical portal because of the people of the image on which some of them were at one side of the window and the other were on the outside as if they were coming, for that I supposed that people who entered through the window something sublime would to happen them. <br /><br />Within the pure view of this explanation, I would say I'm impressed by the order of the events , specially by the author’s ability of writing in 2 pages a humorous and entertaining story, I liked the plot and how the creativity of the author involve the reader. I have to confess when I read the story for first time “ Miss Vera” also deceived me, just when I read twice I realized that every line was a big lie. <br /><br />To conclude I should tell to you, what were my reactions, I laughed too much by the involvement that I had in the reading of the tale, I never imagined that this author could entail in my mind and make my imagination flies, now I feel as a victim of the lie developed by Miss Vera, the young girl that I consider she was a good storyteller but adding she was a perfect liar and a majestic actress that became this story in a funny one.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149856103002329282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-25065669742466393972014-03-30T19:55:21.062-05:002014-03-30T19:55:21.062-05:00"The open window” by Saki.
I would say that ..."The open window” by Saki.<br /> I would say that for me it is an awesome, creepy and exciting story. Furthermore, I have to say that it is really interesting the way that Saki wrote such a nice and complete short story in just 4 pages, it is difficult to understand because the author not only told the tale in a nice way but also he involved me as a reader and I felt victim of the plot.<br /> With this short story learned bunches of values and also it made me think about how a person independently if is a boy, girl or an adult can betray us in an easy way, for that reason you have to be too selective and classify good your friends, because it is so difficult trusting people without knowing how they an act in front of several circumstances of our life.<br /> In addition, I have to say that the climax for me was at the end of the tale "Romance at short notice was her specialty." I liked it, because that part contextualized me as a reader and, it was in that moment that I realized the meaning of the story. Saki used a part of irony aspect that makes his story really nice and it was a pleasure for me to read it, the work of Saki attracted my whole attention," The open window” has been one of my favorite tales.<br />Nataly Guarin.<br /><br />FUN LEARNINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09728252416263750648noreply@blogger.com