Response to the Forest

Response to the Forest

This short story is mainly about the change of the relationship between an American girl Bianca and old famous scientist Krzysztof. It tells a story about how two people who probably will never make friends with each other find same interests finally and understand the other.

Bianca looks like a sensitive, irritability and rude girl when Krzysztof first see her. And Krzysztof also be judged by Bianca because he mistakes her as her sister. It seems that there will never be any friendship between them. But after a bottle of special vodka, there are something changed. They begin to know and try to understand each other’ past.

The story’s title, the Forest, is an important symbol. Bianca and Krzysztof meet each other in the forest and in the end, they make a big decision of their life in the same forest. The forest represents the power of pouring out, listening and communication. It is the power which can lead you find the deepest in your mind. Like Bianca and Krzysztof, both of them are not satisfied with their life. But they didn’t try anything to change it because they hide their thought. The fact is they can do something to change. They even needn’t other’s help. Pouring out let them know how ridiculous they were in the past; listening to other let them get ideas. Once they get support or sympathy, they have strength to change their life. Human is kind of strange creature: they have enough power, but they need others’ help, no matter it is important or not.