“Venetian Blinds” is a short story published in 1989. The story takes place in London, and is about Eva Feldman, who is the main character.
At the beginning of the story we find out that Eva can’t look out of her window, because she has to cover them with Venetian Blinds. The traffic noise would be unbearable without the venetian blinds. “If Mrs. Eva Feldman opened her front window during the day, she would spend all the time dusting and she wouldn’t be able to hear herself think.”(pg. 1 line 7). This symbolizes that she is alone and afraid of facing problems.
Eva lives in George Senior Citizen’s Residence in London. Her husband Albert died in 1964.
The time they had spent in Germany during WW2 was very hard for them both. They lost five children. We are also informed that Albert went to “camps”, as many Jewish did during WWII and even after. I also think that Eva went to concentration camps.
This has affected Eva’s future and personality, being through many horrible things in life, losing her children and husband is not easy for her.
Eva misses her husband “Tonight Eva sat alone as she has for ten years, since 1964, at the table next to the window” (pg. 2 lines 5). She thinks about him a lot. She has made a rule to not think about him except on Friday nights before she falls asleep, because she feels bad and upset when her husband comes to her mind. He used to say to her “life heals” (pg. 1 line 12).
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