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    British Literature of the 20th Century

    IDI – 2460 – 02

    The Will ~ J. M. Barrie


    Essay

    Juana Darirsis De los Santos Ferreras

    ID: 100371677
    Jame Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright best known for writing
    Peter Pan, a fairy play which story was inspired by a couple of friends he once met.
    Barrie also wrote many others plays, but none of them were as popular as Peter Pan;
    nevertheless, they were also amazing writings that positively shaped Barrie’s carrier
    through time.

    On the other hand, Barrie, out of ten siblings is placed second. He accomplished his
    superior education at Edinburgh University, and later he became a journalist as well.

    Among all his writings, “The Will’’, a story that has as a setting a single room, can be
    found. This story narrates the life of two people in an unsmiling way, but it also shares
    some generosity within its scenes. The characters herein are MR. Devizes, Senior, MR.
    Devices, Junior, Surtees (a clerk), Philip Ross, Emily Ross (Philip’s wife), Sennet ( a
    clerk), and Creed, another clerk.

    Jame Matthew Barrie’s “The Will’’ appears to illustrate the struggle that many families
    go through when having a heritage to leave to relatives. The single fact of making up
    one’s mind and make the correct decision according to one’s will seems no to be so
    simple after all. This is not the typical lust story where since the very beginning the
    main character is lusting after a certain amount of money and expecting the one with the
    fortune to die. To the contrary, the reader can tell in the very first scene how generous
    and kind these two people are and how alive their love is.

    We all acknowledge that through time priorities change. We might find ourselves
    having different perceptions about a matter that once used to be; therefore, that image
    regarding so is no longer with us and this takes us to reconsider our previous resolution.
    Even love might fade and become weaker due to routine and lack of innovation which I
    do not think it was the case between Mr. Philip and Mrs. Emily, but certainly the
    affection towards money grew during time and this created some sort of ambition that
    eventually affected their relationship no so positively.

    It is convenient to say that the idea of having our future pretty much defined and setting
    boundaries when it comes to something that we indeed care about is phenomenal.
    Nevertheless, it would not be dumb to be prepared just in case things turn out to be
    completely dissimilar. For instance, here in this story Mr. Philip who was expected to
    pass away first found himself under the circumstances of having to say good-bye to his
    wife. His daughter and son due to their reckless behavior did not deserve a penny of that
    said fortune. Mr. Philip ended up not clearly knowing what to do with his money, and
    personally, I am still wondering what the destination of that money was. Did he help
    out an ill person? Did he give any piece of advice to any couple so their love does not
    fade?

    Whatever the ending of this story was I think it was totally worth reading. I know many
    people might feel identified with it because its message is not hard to be understood,
    and even if it was I still keep my word of this being an interesting reading to do due to
    the lesson it teaches us.

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