WATCH OUT, cuz this one is gonna be too sentimental. And perhaps too long as well. But u'll probably like it, at least I hope you do.

My impressions about the story.

I'm gonna start from afar.

I want to tell you about a woman, who desperately wanted to have her second child, but it seemed like nature was against it.

She's my beloved auntie, my mom's sister and my 2nd mother, in fact.

Our whole family was sorry that she couldn't get what would make her happy, and finally her husband agreed to adopt.

"How do I choose?", asked auntie, and my mom told her, "U'll know THAT is YOUR child the moment you see him or her". And she was right. My aunt found him, our lovely boy (he is 3).

(I want to post his picture right here so badly, but I guess I'd better don't, cuz it's quite a private thing, even though the whole matter is not a secret at all)

So, he became family. And at first he wasn't used to be hugged, or kissed, or treated with kindness, or surrounded by love. And he's got so many relatives at once, that I didn't want to put more pressure on a child. But gradually he was becoming more and more sociable.

One day, not so long ago, he ran towards me and hugged me with his little arms for the first time. For real. Not as usual, each time when we meet and he is kinda expected to, but because he felt like doing it. And that's when I've got a hint of what it is like - to have a child, or just to have smb u love so much u can't even explain.

So... sometimes I start thinking, what if we didn't have him? Or what if that was smb else?...

Getting closer to the point... yeah, I was right. I can't say I was very enthusiastic about choosing a feminist writer, but this very story moved me, because of that regret. And it was not at all difficult to guess what will cause the regret after reading the first 2 paragraphs.

My point is - FAMILY, and especially children are the most important things for a woman. But unfortunately the main character arrived at this idea too late.

I guess, that's quite enough to get the idea about the story I've chosen. If you got interested - be my guest and read it. It's really short ;)

http://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/regret

P.S. Now I can say what I think about this assignment in general. It's great to have an opportunity to express yourself whenever u like, not waiting for a class.

Sooo.. I have to admit that choosing a story for this project was extremely difficult. At first my attention was caught by "The Last Leaf", but as I was already late with my blog even then, i saw that many students had chosen it, and I didn't want to repeat.
I've read around 5 stories more, and i didn't really like any of them. It turns out that it is not so easy to decide judging only by the title.
But finally I've found one, that i DID like.

Kate Chopin "Regret"

http://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/regret

I've already read it by now, but i'm not telling you my impressions yet :)

Regret presupposes making a wrong decision. It can be a lost opportunity as well, thought the latter is probably also a decision, or rather a decision that one never dared to make.

So again I was interested by the title. It's obvious that the story is about some kind of loss. And I was eager to find out about it more.

(next post coming really-really soon)

Hello, everyone :)
I've finally managed to create my first blog. I hope that it will be an interesting experience to study Stylistics online and to brush up my knowledge while communicating and discussing things with my groupmates over the internet.