The Appointment In Samara Literary Analysis
“The Appointment in Samara”
“The Appointment in Samara” was written by W. Somerset Maugham. She was born in 1874 and died in 1965. This story was published in 1933. In this short story she delivers a message about the harsh reality of death. It was said that when she published this that it caused an uproar and people were distraught.
In this short story a man fears death is after him. He is confronted by death in a local supermarket he became terrified. He immediately in his mind thinks of a way he is going to escape death, but what he doesn’t know is that death will be there waiting. This story teaches that no one can escape death, even someone who tries to run. “The Appointment in Samarra” had 3 talked about characters. In my fictional analysis I said that the protagonist was the servant and the antagonist was death. The merchant in the story was a minor character. The servant is who is trying to escape death. The servant seemed to be a very trustworthy man but had poor judgment. Death, whom the servant said was threatening in line 6 “She looked at me and made a threatening gesture”. Although, in reality death was not threatening and didn’t mean to be. She was simply surprised to see the servant in Bagdad because she had an appointment with him that night in Samarra. The merchant was the boss of the servant. The merchant is the one who sent the servant to the market in the first place to buy groceries. The merchant ended up lending the servant his horse to run away and attempt to escape death. In this particular short story, a group of themes were portrayed. He uses the unpredictability of human conduct, use of dramatic irony, the ironic use of fate, restraint and suspense, and many more. He uses the unpredictability of human conduct by making the servant run from his actions. He symbolizes that we as humans tend to run from our problems. He uses the dramatic use of fate by making death have an appointment with him in the exact place he is running to
“The Appointment in Samara” was written by W. Somerset Maugham. She was born in 1874 and died in 1965. This story was published in 1933. In this short story she delivers a message about the harsh reality of death. It was said that when she published this that it caused an uproar and people were distraught.
In this short story a man fears death is after him. He is confronted by death in a local supermarket he became terrified. He immediately in his mind thinks of a way he is going to escape death, but what he doesn’t know is that death will be there waiting. This story teaches that no one can escape death, even someone who tries to run. “The Appointment in Samarra” had 3 talked about characters. In my fictional analysis I said that the protagonist was the servant and the antagonist was death. The merchant in the story was a minor character. The servant is who is trying to escape death. The servant seemed to be a very trustworthy man but had poor judgment. Death, whom the servant said was threatening in line 6 “She looked at me and made a threatening gesture”. Although, in reality death was not threatening and didn’t mean to be. She was simply surprised to see the servant in Bagdad because she had an appointment with him that night in Samarra. The merchant was the boss of the servant. The merchant is the one who sent the servant to the market in the first place to buy groceries. The merchant ended up lending the servant his horse to run away and attempt to escape death. In this particular short story, a group of themes were portrayed. He uses the unpredictability of human conduct, use of dramatic irony, the ironic use of fate, restraint and suspense, and many more. He uses the unpredictability of human conduct by making the servant run from his actions. He symbolizes that we as humans tend to run from our problems. He uses the dramatic use of fate by making death have an appointment with him in the exact place he is running to