Story World: The Girl and the Habit

- The splendor of the story of the world's best creators ...

- Original Creator - o. Henry Presentation-Paresh Vyas

- Every one of Hinkles' male customers, from the American District Telegraph to the stock market brokers, was a fan of Miss Mary.

'Varta' was created for the first time in Gujarati language. It was 100 years old last year. On this occasion, a unique celebration was held by publishing classic stories of famous creators of Gujarat in 'Gujarat Samachar'. A treasure trove of Gujarati stories received a warm response from readers. After that, it is now presented to the readers of 'Gujarat Samachar' - the splendor of the works of the world's foremost storytellers ...

(O. Henry is annoyed by critics. The critic is the one who finds out that someone has written the same subject before. If the author bases his current subject on it, the critics will say that it is not original. So O. Henry says let's go Let's write the story based on the dictionary. The wording of the dictionary is the story of the central idea of ​​'Habit'. It is also noteworthy that the main character of the story is Miss Merriam and the Merriam Webster Dictionary is the most prestigious dictionary in America.

Habit - A fixed attitude, habit, habit or aptitude that is established by habit or due to repeated repetition. Critics tease the writers one by one about the origin of every beautiful idea or idea that is so exciting to write a story. Except one. Today we will continue to use that one source as the moral basis of our story today.

When we write based on old giant creators, they will dig into our story column like it was written before. When we base the story on true current life, they will reprimand or blame, saying that we are trying to imitate Henry George, George Washington, Washington Irving and Irving Bachelor. If we write East or West, they will accuse us of imitating both Jesse and Henry James.

We wrote from our hearts - and they said something about a broken gallbladder. We quoted from Matthew's Christian Revelation, or Deuteronomy, but they were the clergy who, before the story was typed, dispelled the idea of ​​divine inspiration. So there was no choice, the situation was strange. On what subject is the story to be written? Dictionary!

Miss Mary was the cashier of Hinkles. Hinkles was one of the many restaurants in the city center. This was the area that the newspapers called the 'Financial District'. Every day from twelve o'clock to two o'clock the Hinkles restaurant was filled with hungry customers - messenger boys, stenographers, brokers, owners of mining stocks, promoters, researchers who have not yet received patents - and people who had money. In Hinkles, a cashier is a job or place without money or respect, without any special work or duty. There were many customers who were served Hinkel eggs or bread toast or oven-cake and coffee and many also had lunch (you can also use the word dining here). It can be said that if Hinckles' breakfast crowd was like an army detachment, his lunch community was like a big crowd or a raid.

Miss Merriam sat on a stool at the back of the desk, a desk that was enclosed by a high bundle of strong brass knitted wire on three sides. Below the desk was a semicircular arch, through which you could push the waiter's bill and money inside and your heart would pound. Because Miss Merriam was extremely beautiful and capable. She would deduct 2 cents from the two dollar bill and return the remaining amount and pour cold water on your offer to get married - Next! Counting the rest of the coins, she can stay calm, healthy, unaffected, win your heart, point to a toothpick stand, and rate your financial status at a quarter of a cent less than Hinkles's salt and pepper. From the vial you feel the pepper filling over the egg. How long does it take for a professional firm like Broadstreet to do such a thing and cost thousands of dollars? Merriam would do the job in an instant.

An archaic and indirect glorious mention is that 'there is a bright light shining on the throne.' The light that is shining on the young girl here is just as passionate. Others are responsible for this folklore.

Every one of Hinkles' male customers, from the American District Telegraph to the stock market brokers, was a fan of Miss Mary. When they paid their bills, they tried all sorts of tricks in Cupid's art to seduce the girl. Smiling across the brass lattice, rolling her eyes, praising, swearing softly, giving the invitation to dinner, sighing deeply, showing emotion, making a light joke and trying to answer from the talented Miss Merriam. .

There was no more strategically effective position than the position of the young lady cashier. She was the queen of the court of commerce, the queen of dollars and honors, the protagonist of good wishes and coins, and the lord of love and food. You take a smile and a Canadian coin from her and go on your way and make no complaints. If he throws it in front of you, you should count his two encouraging balls as if someone is stingy. And you hand it over to your pocket without counting the five coins. Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly. She was a goddess dressed in a shirt suit, spotless, neat, with cosmetics, enchanted, bright-eyed, ready and careful - psyche, sauce and atti seemed to fit into one, separating the currency notes from the food you ate.

(More to come)

A brief account of the Greek mythological characters in the story

At the end of this part o. Describing the girl as the protagonist, Henry writes that the girl has a beautiful confluence of Psyche (Ujabar), Sas (Bhaibij) and Ati (Chhai). According to Greek mythology these are the three goddesses. Who is this? Psyche was the youngest daughter of a Greek king. Extremely beautiful, even more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love. People only see the psyche and avoid worshiping in the temple of Aphrodite. Aphrodite is so annoyed. On the other hand, if there is a psyche, even the most beautiful ones do not get married. The astrologer says that she should be wrapped in a shroud and placed on the highest mountain, where she will be married to a ferocious beast, a beast that even God fears. Her father does just that. Psyche waits on the mountain but no male comes and then jumps off the mountain. People believe she died. But Jeffiras, the god of the west wind, saves her and brings her to the palace of Eros, the god of love. Eros is the son of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. She does get married, but there is a condition that she should never try to see what her husband looks like in the light. One day it doesn't last. He takes an oil lamp and goes into her room. Accidentally a drop of oil falls on Eros and Eros wakes up. Eros's mother punishes Psyche when she finds out. Psyche eventually dies but Eros forgives her and declares her the goddess of conscience. Psych means soul, prana, jiva.

'Sas' is the daughter of the sun god Helios and the sea nymph Percy. He has knowledge of medicines or herbs that can turn a man into a lion, a wolf or a pig. When the Greek hero Odysseus anchors on the island of Sass during his great voyage, Sass invites all of Odysseus' companions for a meal. Mix the magic herb into the meal and the companions become pigs. Odysseus, however, survived due to the use of a divine plant, according to information obtained by the message of Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Then it stays there for a year. Sas gives him the knowledge of how to travel safely to the underworld.

The third Greek goddess 'Ati' is the goddess of fun, storm, nuisance, delusion and ruin. Which leads men to the path of destruction. She is the daughter of Eris, the goddess of litigation. And desire is the mother of lust. It also says that it punishes criminals and their heirs and does a good job. Not only is it mentioned in Greek mythology, but William Shakespeare also mentions it in his famous plays 'Julius Caesar' and 'Much Ado About Nothing' as a call for revenge or threat as well as threat or danger.