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Summary Of Hannah's Short Story 'The Bicycle'

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In the short story, “The Bicycle”, Hannah made the ultimate choice of her life at the end of the story to not go to New York to become a concert pianist. I believe that this was not the right choice, for several reasons. Firstly, she missed out on so many opportunities, then she broke the dream of becoming a concert pianist, and finally wasted all the effort, time, and resources that she put into her piano studies. So therefore, Hannah not choosing to go to New York was the wrong choice. Firstly, she missed out on a great opportunity to become an excellent concert pianist. At a young age, she was already very talented, and could play works of Beethoven and Liszt with proficiency. She was also a hard worker, and that gives her so much potential. New York would have been the place that she could have become much more. During the time that the story was written, studying music in New York was probably a big thing, as it still is now, and by rejecting the offer, Hannah cut off a great live path. Hannah also mentions that she spent most of her time at Tante Rose’s house or at home by herself strictly following the Sabbath. This shows that she didn’t get a lot of freedom in her life, …show more content…

Tante Rose had often spoken of sending Hannah to New York when she grew up, and that was basically all the she was working towards. Tante Rose was also always nice towards Hannah, when Hannah was small; Tante Rose always took Hannah once a month to Eaton to buy whatever she wanted. Tante Rose was not strict too, she only gave Hannah two restrictions/rules, and those were to not ride a bike, no piano, homework, or playing with friends on Friday nights until Saturday night, because of the Sabbath. These were not strict rules, and Tante Rose gave Hannah a fair “deal”. Even after Hannah broke the Sabbath by riding the bicycle, Tante Rose still never gave up on Hannah, and yet she bought Hannah the plane

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