Post by Michelle Kim from ,,The Nasty Stepmother''

The Vegetational Fatherhood

This story had some fairy tale elements like taking place in a non-specific time and place, and of course the transformation of the daughter into a rose during her nightly prayer.

But just reading through the story, the tone seemed very scientific (delving into the possibility that humans are linked with plants) and there was no element of magic in characters outside the mother, the father rose, the daughter, and Dr. Rosenberger - The outside world seems to be completely logical and magic-free as the mother and Dr. Rosenberger are put in an insane asylum when they suggest that the daughter transformed into a rose bush.

In the story, the mother and Dr. Rosenberger are seen as crazy when in fact they are the only ones that know the truth. Even when the daughter's autopsy showed clear signs that she was part plant, this fact was cast away as a science experiment Dr. Rosenberger had conducted. Maybe the point of this story is to question whether what we know as true is actually true or if it is just society's way of maintaining control over anything beyond the norm...

1 comments:

NBM said...

There was no element of magic in other characters, making me wonder as well if it was really a fairytale, or anything that could be classified in general

Tiffany said...

I think you make a really interesting point when you say that those who know the truth are treated as insane. This seems to fit what I said about the reversal of the norm.