The text under interpretation is “The Happy Man” by William Somerset Maugham

First some instruction close to(predicate) the creator. W. S. Maugham was a well-kn birth incline playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was the password of a British diplomat. He was educated at Kings school in Canterbury, canvass painting in Paris, went to Heidelberg Univer mouldy in Ger homophiley and canvas to be a touch on at St. Thomas Hospital in England. So, he put his hand in several(predicate) activities and thats wherefore he is a versatile and experienced soul. S. Maugham was critical of the morals, the narrow- musical themeedness and dissimulation of bourgeois society.Such novels as Of humane Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The dramatic art and former(a)s came under his pen. He was also the original of the short story. Among them ar Col hotshot(a)ls Lady, associate in Need, Lions Skin, and so on S. Maugham was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. I like this author. S. Maughams style of typography is clear and precise. He doesnt impose his views on the reviewer. He puts a question and leaves it to the reader to answer. 1 also like his reveling the spineless sides and vices of human nature skill entirey.Well, this textbook is nigh a successful man, who had a broad(a) think over, a family, a nice suave in London, but he wasnt cheerful with his keep and shuffle up his mind to trust up ein truththing for uncertainty. nonwithstanding, why is this man un joyous? He seems to halt e precisething to be dexterous. But he doesnt consider himself expert. He is unpleased with his life. And the question arises What is cheer because? I believe that each(prenominal) psyche has his ingest values in life. Everyone has his own ideas somewhat happiness. And this text is dedicated to the man who is rough to find his happiness.1 liked this text. It made me think about the values in life and about what happiness is. So, the chief(prenominal) enigma o f this text is that everyone is an architect of his own fortune. fhe main characters of this text are the story spread abroader and doctor Stephens. The structure is a catch unusual because of a philosophical aside which makes the reader think about the spatial relation to life, traffic with people and values in hfe. The general slant of the text is matter-of-fact. f rom the very commencement of the text we go through about the authors reflections <wd thoughts on the problem with the assistance of the I st person narration.The vote counter say he always hesitated to give advice. And we can just now guess at the thoughts and emotions of our neighbours. Each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary rise and he communicates with the other prisoners, who form mankind, by ceremonious signs that have non quite the corresponding meaning for them as for himself. Life is a difficult business and it is something that you can scat but once. Here we come crossways some rhetorical questions much(prenominal) as Who am I that 1 should tell this one and that how he should cut it? sometimes men state to me what sh every last(predicate) I do with my life? These rhetorical questions draw our upkeep to the problem which is very difficult. Such lexical stylistic devices as denominations (confiised, weighty), metaphors (each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary tower, to be the finger of fate, to be wrapped in the dark dress of Destiny) reinforce that life and relations between people are dangerous and difficult. There is mis experienceing between people. No one can know other people as himself. Such circumlocution as neighbours and defining pronouns such as everybody, each show that each person should lead his life himself.But in that location are men who flounder at the journeys start the way before them is illogical and hazardous. Such bookish words as irreparable (mistakes), flounder, hazardous and stuffy emphasize that life is a difficult thing. 1 en joyed the philosophical digression and I agree that life is sincerely difficult. Mistakes are often irreparable because we can lead our life only once and everybody should make his own plectron. It depends on each person whether he provide be happy or not. Further on the storyteller admitted that once he advised well. He was a young man and lived in a modest apartment in London, near Victoria Station.Late one afternoon he heard a ring at the bell. He opened the door to a total oddr. This number kept me in suspense. Who was that stranger? wherefore did he come to the bank clerk? The narrator led him into his sitting room and begged him to sit down. then(prenominal) the narrator impinge onered him a fagot and he had some difficulty in lighting it without letting go off his hat. When he had satisfactorily achieved his feat he quickly put his hat on a chair and while doing it dropped his umbrella. With the help of the indirect method we can determine his inner state.He seem ed a romance embarrassed, uneasy, lost, upset and anxious. Such hyperbole as he achieved his feat emphasizes this fact. thusly he said that his name was Stephens and he was a doctor. He had read the narrators book about Spain and wanted to ask him about it It seemed strange to me why he came to the narrator with such a question? was he evoke in Spain? But most of all 1 wondered why he was so embarrassed? Lets see. Then Stephens told the narrator about his life. The repetition of the pronoun I and past gross(a) stress his being displeased with his life, e. g. I was brought up by old aunts. I had never been anywhere. I had never make anything. I had been married for six years. I cant stick it any much. Then we come across the direct description. He was a little man, with a or so red face from which shone small, dark and very bright eye. He was dressed in a blue suit. It was baggy at the knees and the pockets bulged untidily. Such epithets as bright (eyes), absent-mindedly, a rrant(a) (stranger) prove the fact of his being anxious. So, we came across a total stranger who was very embarrassed and uneasy. He had a lost expression.He seemed to have everything for happiness but he was unpleased with his life. After that Stephens asked the narrator whether in that respect would be any chance for an English doctor in Spain. He explained to the narrator that he just had a cipher for it. Then Stephens tried to convince himself. He said that there was sunshine there, and there was good wine, and there was air you could breathe. The jibe constructions there was there was prove that he wanted to convince himself and answer why he wanted to go to Spain. Then he asked the narrator if it was tomfoolery to give up a good job for an uncertainty.This question and the expressive word madness show that he was in deuce minds and it was very difficult for him to make a pickaxe. The epithet great (risk) emphasizes that this choice was very difficult and dangerous and i t demonstrates how hard the consequences whitethorn be. But the narrator said that the choice depended on Stephens. His building block future was touch he had to decide for himself. The repetition of the pronoun You and the modal auxiliary verb verb must (You must decide for yourself. You will lead a wonderful life) emphasizes that the choice was up to Stephens.Then Stephens left wing him and the episode passed completely from the narrators memory. So, the choice was really uneasy and for this man it was difficult and risky. His happiness depended on his choice. Then it became obvious that galore(postnominal) years later, 15 at least, the narrator happened to be in Seville and, having some inert indisposition, went to the English doctor. When they did their business the doctor said there was no fee. The narrator asked wherefore on earth not? And the doctor explained that he was Stephens and reminded him of their conversation.Stephens said that the narrator had convertd his w hole life for him. Stephens didnt say how the narrator had changed his life. But 1 suspected that he was happy because he didnt take fee and then we came across the repetition I was question 1 was wondering if I would have a chance of conveying you, which proves that his choice was successful. We learn that all those 15 years he was happy and waited a chance to thank the narrator. It meat that he was really happy. The epithets (his eyes twinkled) gaily, perfect good (humour), charitable (appearance) prove this fact.The clothes he wore were abysmally shabby. So, we can see that his appearance didnt change but he was happy at heart in comparison with the beginning of the text. The narrator compared him with Silenius and remarked that his black eyes flashed a bacchanalian smile. This simile and the epithet delightful (creature) prove once more his being happy and pleased with his life. His choice was really a success. Then the narrator asked about Stephenss married woman and he an swered that his wife didnt like Spain and went back to Camberwell, but Stephens was not distressed.After that we learn about his peeled wife, a Spanish woman and we understand why he wasnt upset. The epithets boldly and voluptuously beautiful show that life is full of compensations. In the end he said that he wouldnt exchange the life he had had with that of any king in the world. It means that he was now really contented with his life. He took the risk and became happy. In resultant Id like to say that by drill of this character we can see that we should not be afraid of venture. Who wants to be happy will become happy. Fortune favours the bold.