People don’t seem to have no sense of right or wrong these days Miss Mathilda, they are just careless and thinking always of themselves and how they can always have a happy time
According to the good Anna, people “don’t seem to have no sense of right or wrong these days”. They just live without any care in the world, being “careless and thinking always of themselves”. It would be underestimation to say that Anna disapproves of it. She, who gives away everything she saves and is always willing to lend a hand, thinks that this indifference is unacceptable. It is not easy for her to get used to this strange world order, so she starts growing “bitter with it all”.
It was now something realer that Melanctha wanted something that would move her very deeply, something that would fill her fully with the wisdom that was planted now within her, and that she wanted badly, should really wholly fill her.
This quote provides readers with a chance to have a look at the inner world of Melanctha. Although she has beauty, a sharp mind and a big heart, she couldn’t find her way to become a happy person. The problem was her inability to determine what she wanted. A pronoun “something” indicated that the woman had no idea what she was looking for. The only one thing she was sure of was the fact that she wanted it “badly”. In other words, Melanctha was trying to find a sense of a life that would “really wholly fill her”. Unfortunately, the task proved to be more difficult and that became one of the reasons of her physical and mental collapse.
And now his mother had made him to get married to this Lena and now with his mother making all that scolding, he had all his trouble and this worry always on him
The only one thing Herman really wanted was “to live regular and quiet”. He had never been in love with Lena and it was his mother who made him “to get married”. In spite of the fact that he was a grown-up man and had his own family, Herman’s mother continued “all that scolding” and the man had “all his trouble and this worry always on him”. That was why Lena’s death didn’t upset him at all. He was almost free.
