All The Years Of Her Life Analysis

In the short story, “All The Years Of Her Life” written by Morley Callaghan illustrate the idea of learning significant life lessons about the consequences of Alfred’s past actions and how it affects his mother. Throughout the story, Alfred appears to be an incompetent, immature, and shallow adolescent who experience issues with his occupation. As mentioned in the story, Arnold has been working in the drugstore for half of a year, however, a predicament occurs where Mr. Carr, his employer, caught him pilfering from the store. At first, he endeavors to deny and lie his way out of the situation. However, when his futile attempt did not work Mr. Carr calls his mother and to tell her about Alfred's trouble. Mr. Carr explains to her that he will be involving the police in
Therefore, when Alfred finally opened his eyes, he sees the path her mother walked on “all the years of her life” where he discovers his mother’s vulnerability and that it was time for him to become mature. On the other hand, Mrs. Higgins also learns a lesson to become less lenient toward her son. Throughout the story, Mrs. Higgins displays a perfect mother’s devotion to her son, a devotion in which she tries to overcome her worries, vexation, and disappointment to rescue Alfred. She only cares about the welfare of her son and she would do whatever it takes to find a way to deal with it, as shown through her calm conversation with Mr. Carr about Alfred’s dilemma. Above all, the love she feels for her son in which no sacrifice is beyond normal limits, no responsibility is too hard, gives her the words and strength she needs to protect Alfred. However, regardless of how much she loves her son, she learns to discipline her son properly and become less lenient towards Alfred. “...the mother was taking a long, firm stride as she looked ahead with her stern