"An Angel In Disguise" By: T.S Arthur ( Timothy Timothy Shay Arthur)
Short story Setting: The events of the story happen in the village, where every man or woman knows each other. The setting of the events is presented in a general g eneral way. The setting of the events is realistic. The author doesn’t describe the place, but we can imagine this place from the context. This village is dark and gloomy, because all descriptions in the story are in dark colors. ut at the end of the story this description changes and the author uses in description words with positive semantic.
Characters: Maggie ! The main character of the story was "aggie a poor little girl. She is the youngest of her
family. "aggie symboli#es innocence and dependency, because she literally cannot survive without the love and care of someone else. $t seen as a burden a first glance, but "aggie turns out to be a blessing in the Thompson home because she gives "rs. Thompson purpose. "aggie%s character illustrates the main theme of the short story that humans can not survive without other humans to love and care for them. She is the antagonist in the story she will originally was only concerned about Mrs. Thompson – She herself . She is very cruel harsh character with little compassion for "aggie, calling her a &sick brat&. She ends up falling in love with "aggie, and finds purpose in taking care and looking after her. "rs. "rs. Thompson%s character illuminates the theme of caring and how caring for and loving others can bring the best out of someone and give someone a purpose for living. Plot
The story 'An Angel $n (isguise written by Timothy Shay Arthur, Arthur, or better known as T.S. T.S. Arthur, Arthur, is one that once you’ve read it, it stays forever engraved in your heart. $t is like a
guiding star that somehow enlightens the path toward pure, *udgeless thoughts and sincere hope for humanity. +e proves that love is essential for human survival. $t is a short story with extremely moving and thrilling plot. That describes the destiny of a little "aggie, who is hopelessly diseased some years ago she fell out from the window and in*ured her spine). The main character of the story is a little hopelessly diseased girl, named "aggie. She has a brother -ohn, who is /, and a sister 0ate, who has 1 or years. "aggie2s mother is dead3 a poor little girl is alone in this big cruel world. +owever, the world is not without good people. -oe Thompson, the wheelwright, had a good heart, and it was very tender in some places. +e liked children, but life has not given him his own children. -oe had a mind and strong temper, and exactly this helped him make a decision to take a girl to his house. Then, this is -oe2s wife "rs. Thompson. She happened to be childless, and was not a woman of saintly temper. She was against this child in her house. -oe Thompson con sidered his wife vinegar!tempered, he was afraid of her reaction concerning this little child. "rs. Thompson tried to hide her hostility while communicating with "aggie, but love would save the world4 "rs. Thompson became kinder, her heart filled up with the light and love. The sweetness of that sick girl was so honey to her soul, that she carried her in her heart as a precious burden. The conflicts in the story are -oe and "rs. Thompson%s feelings about "aggie. -oe could not find it in himself to let "aggie go to the poor house all alone and sick so -oe decided to take her home. +owever, "rs. Thompson had the opposite problem and could not find it in herself to let "aggie stay with them. 5evertheless, eventually "rs. Thompson changed her mind because of "aggie%s kindness towards them. Two other conflicts that were external were between "r. and "rs. Thompson and "aggie. "aggie was ill and bedridden and that caused nobody to want to adopt her. -oe decided that he could not leave her there and took her to live with him and his wife. Another conflict was that "r. and "rs. disagreed on the idea of adopting "aggie. This was resolved when later in the story, "aggie has a positive impact on their lives and they finally decided she would stay. "aggie lived a happy life in the house of "rs. and "r. Thompson. -oe became much happier and "rs. Thompson had become a much more loving and caring person. "aggie
changed both of their lives for the better and truly appeared to be an angel in disguise. -oe Thompson and his wife had adopted a sick and bedridden child, which changed them both for the better. -oe Thompson was a static character because he was always a kind and generous man. +owever, "rs. Thompson was a dynamic character because she changed from a selfish ill! tempered person to a loving and caring person. Theme:
"aking decisions and selflessness are the sub*ects of this story. This story shows that if you open yourself to your surroundings then you might find yourself with a change in heart that selflessness can make you a better person.
