The drover’s wife, by Henry Lawson, depicts the hard life of the drover’s wife who lived with her children and a snake dog in the two-roomed house, which was surrounded by bush with no horizon. While her husband was away droving, she needed both to take care of the children and earn for living to support her family. One day, the snake entered her house while the children were playing. One of them yelled there was a snake. Knowing that the snake had come to her house, the drover’s wife loosened her dog to protect her children from the snake. While sleeping at night, the children were guarded by her mother and the dog. Finally, the snake was killed and burnt in fire.
Among all characters portrayed in this story, I’m interested in the drover’s wife because of these reasons. First, she is a responsible and brave woman. In the story clearly shows that she can protect her children from a dangerous snake and nurture them well under any circumstances that occurred unexpectedly although her husband was away from her. In addition, she is an optimistic wife. She did not blame her husband for leaving her and children, and she still loved him. She thought that her husband had to be away just a short period of time to earn money for the family. Last, she is a non-violent mother. Even though one of her children, Tommy, was stubborn and argued with her, she never used violence against him.
What I’ve significantly learnt from this story is that every single woman needs to be independent and responsible for her own life. She should not heavily depend on other, especially man. Furthermore, woman can also be a breadwinner and take care for the family.
The story has provided us lots of good lessons in our daily lives. When reading this story, I’m always thinking of spending time to read it again and again. I’d recommend it to my friends so that they can also learn more for their personal improvement.
By Sokry Zahron, a student at Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) Department of Media and Communication (DMC)
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