Snapshots: The Address · Class 11 · CBSE · Science English
How does the story show that war can make familiar possessions both valuable and painful?
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medium · Subjective · Q-8B7B93
How does the story show that war can make familiar possessions both valuable and painful?
Answer: The narrator's family's possessions preserve memories of her mother and the life they had before the war. However, seeing those objects in Mrs. Dorling's house makes the narrator feel that her past has been taken away and cannot be recovered. Thus, the possessions are valuable as reminders, but painful because they cannot bring back the people or home she has lost.
Solution
The belongings represent the narrator's lost family life rather than mere material wealth. Their presence recalls the past, but it also emphasizes that the past and its loved ones cannot return.
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