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The story follows a daughter who travels to Holland after the war to search for her mother's belongings at her old address. When she arrives, she finds that her mother's old acquaintance Mrs. Dorling now lives there and refuses to acknowledge her. The daughter discovers her mother's possessions being used in a disrespectful way, which evokes difficult memories of the past. Realizing she has no room for the objects in her new life, the daughter decides to leave the past behind and forget about the address so she can continue moving forward.

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PDF The Address Class 11

The story follows a daughter who travels to Holland after the war to search for her mother's belongings at her old address. When she arrives, she finds that her mother's old acquaintance Mrs. Dorling now lives there and refuses to acknowledge her. The daughter discovers her mother's possessions being used in a disrespectful way, which evokes difficult memories of the past. Realizing she has no room for the objects in her new life, the daughter decides to leave the past behind and forget about the address so she can continue moving forward.

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OBJECTIVE

The story The Address is all about the human predicament that follows the
war. The story narrates how a daughter goes to her native place in Holland in
search of her mother’s belongings after the war.

THEME

The main theme of the story is the


redemption of the past and moving on. It is
about having the courage of leaving your
"THINGS" behind you and realizing that it
doesn't matter if your memories have a
proof or not because they will linger in
your memory and heart forever.
CHARACTERS

• I- Narrator of the story


• Mrs. S- Mother of the Narrator
• Mrs. Dorling- An old acquaintance of Mrs. S
• Mrs. Dorling’s Daughter
• Mrs. Dorling acts like she doesn’t know her and avoids Mrs. S’ daughter
and the girl tries to get her belongings back but when she finds them,
the objects evokes memories of her old life and now she lives in a small
rented room which has no space for these items, She decides to leave
them all behind and resolves to forget that address and move on.
THE ADDRESS

By Margo Minco

The story depicts the time when WW 2 was going on ,


Holland was invaded by Germans in 1940. The life of Jews
was hard .
By the middle of 1944 there was complete breakdown of
services in Holland. Many lost life due to war and diseases.
•Mrs Dorling shows no sign of recognition which seems
pretentious
•Mrs Dorling expresses her surprise at the survival of the
Narrator’s visit narrator ,who, she thought had been dead along with her
to 46 Marconi mother in the war
Street
•She refuses to talk to the narrator thing she might ask for her
mother’s belongings

• An old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother, Mrs. Dorling


had renewed contact after a long time
Narrator’s
mother’s • Regularly started visiting the narrator’s mother
acquaintances
with Mrs. Dorling • The lady had started carrying away things from the
narrator’s house; silver cutlery, antiques etc.

• She wanted to see ,touch and hold things of her mother


• She is full of ambiguous thoughts ,struggle inside and predicament
• She goes back to the address but is horrified to see her mother’s belongings in an
unknown place
Narrator’s
stream of • Old memories come back but she felt horrified at the underestimated way the
things have been put to use
thoughts
• The worth of the things was lost as objects linked in memory lose their importance
• The narrator felt she has no place for them either in her home or in her heart
• The narrator decides to forget the past , the address and move on in life.
KEYWORDS
Poignant Confront
severed resolved
nostalgic

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