Analyse af 'The Cherry Tree' af Lisa Blower

All people are different, and it shows. People have different interests, problems, and goals which is what drives people to be themselves which is a fantastic phenomenon. We walk past strangers every day without even thinking about what drives them and what difficulties they may struggle with on a daily basis. Some people are more confident and comfortable in a room full of people while others may need space to be themselves because we are all poles apart and have different backgrounds with unalike complications. This is what the short story “The Cherry Tree” by Lisa Blower, published in 2019, centers around. A dispute between a woman named Thea living all alone and her neighbors Roxanne and Toby. Thea struggles with her own issues and lets it out on her neighbors with a waterfall of judgment because of her own scuffle, for the reason she is sterile.

The short story “The Cherry Tree” begins in medias res as we jump straight into a conversation between Roxanne, Toby, and Thea. The story is told by a limited first-person narrator bound to Thea, showcasing her point of view. Because of this, the readers have access to Thea’s thoughts, which opens up a landscape of consideration and emotions. It also makes the readers understand the anxiousness from Thea’s viewpoint that she feels, and also informs the readers about the situation they have been put ln. This likewise lets the readers know the short story takes place in the summer at Thea’s house, where she lives all alone, assumingly for the reason her husband has left her, and she is not able to carry a child. The narrator is however showing sympathy towards Thea and is keeping the outside world unknown for the readers. This leads to Thea guarding the front, disturbed and fearful to let anyone in her house, as well as the readers have their questioning about what is going on, on the other side of Thea’s door.