Blog 13

The ending was definitely tragic and it was frustrating for me to read. Desiree once lived on her own imagination (dream) and she did not really care about what people said about her. What she did was just following her dream which was an obtainable love with the rich boy. She believed she would make into her dream and she almost made it for real. She thought she was special. Later, however, the boy rejected her and fell in love with another girl. This was already frustrating to me because she lost her dream in front of her eyes, but moreover in the end, the way she died was as one of the peasant crowd and stampeded by them and policemen. Even when she died, she was not special. The only thing left was lonely, pitiful corpse on the ground. The thing that made this situation worse was Gabriele's attitude towards her corpse. He said, "I don't pay you good money to leave dead peasants in front of my hotel. Do you want to discourage my guests?". The his gatekeeper picked up the corpse and dumped it at the side of road as if the dead body was a thing. Not only her dream was ripped off, but also her death did not make any sympathy of the rich. Also she came along really long way with helping of gods, but it could not make her realize her dream. When I think that she was dreaming completenonsense and lost her dream completely, I feel like this story is so frustrating. 

Therefore I think this story is telling us the corruption of the rich and also telling us to not get blinded by the extreme dream. As I said above, the rich's attitude toward the peasants was inhumane. He did not feel any guilt about her death and looked down on the peasants. He showed the typical type of corrupted rich very well. Also, Desiree died because she was blinded by her extreme dream. Her active attitude to obtain what she wants was a good thing, but it also led her to the tragic death. She did not take care of herself when she felt all lost and kept on searching for her dream without realizing her situation which was almost hopeless. I think this says sometimes the reckless following of dream can be destructive so take care of you first.