Nora's War: A Short Story

“I heard what you said, fool. Wherever this assassin is, I want you and an army of twenty other guards to hunt him down. Do whatever you can.” Her voice was not delicate anymore, as anger rose from her.

“Ender looked at the others coldly. “You might be having some idea of ganging up on me …. But just remember what I do to people who try to hurt me.”

“ I-I-I am so sorry, I also have family issues.” She said with a sad look on her face “My father was in charge of Auschwitz and he let my little brother Bruno die in a concentration camp…” she was cut off by the noise of dogs barking .

“You’re telling me that you’re giving up. There is no one else that has a greater chance to cure my son besides you. You must do something!” She shouted.

“You cannot do this for your plan would throw everything off balance and cause so many issues for anyone to handle!” Chionothyella yells at him,

Normally, taking over the world was something big to start. However, the group that she joined said that they would not be doing this by themselves. Nora, Kira, and Jonas were one group out of many. They were put together for reasons unknown to them, but the leaders claimed that they would find out soon enough.

I believe Nora’s crime should be justified; however, only between the two families it concerns for there are more at stake than one may realize such as her family fortune and respect.

However, Nora soon learns of Krogstad’s discovery of her forgery. She then recognizes that she cannot continue to conceal her past with a clear conscience. As a result, she never plays hide-and-seek with the children again, and, as a result, symbolically recognizes the fact that she “can’t be together with them as much as [she] was” (1031, original). She

"You granted Eleanor the will to choose. And now, like a plague, she spreads it to those innocents. To be self aware is a curse, Delta... You are damning them."

He asks her, “Miserable creature--what have you done? (175). He doesn’t recognize her explanation. He is just worried about his reputation. “Now you have destroyed all my happiness (175). That shows that he just worried about his honour and his future. On the other hand, Nora’s reaction after all is very brave. Even though living a independent life is very difficult, specially for women, she still decides to leave Torvald. Besides her braveness, she is also very kind. Although Nora haven’t seen Mrs. Linde for a long time, Nora still helps her without hesitation by influencing her husband to give her one position in the bank. If she didn’t help Mrs. Linde, she would not replace Krogstad’s position, and Krogstad would not blackmail her. In addition, Nora is very innocent. when she is blackmailed by Krogstad, she wants to ask Dr. Rank for help. However, when she finds out that he loves her, she decides to not ask for his help anyone. She doesn’t want to cheap on her husband because she really loves her him. After all, Nora is a good wife and mother.

Another key development in Nora’s crisis is her previous connotations of men. Because Nora’s mother was never present in her upbringing, her father doted on her every need and treated her like his “little doll”. Similarly, in her present marriage, Nora’s husband Torvald refers to her as his “little songbird”, and feels that she shouldn’t be expected to have any care, opinion, or worry in the world.

As characters such as Dr. Rank and Krogstad appear, the audience may notice Nora’s conformity completely disappear. She acts entirely different and strays away from her “childish” behaviors around them. Nora makes the internal decision to forge the letter for Krogstad to reserve the secret from Torvald. As additional conflicts begin to appear Nora even questions her marriage with Torvald.

accept what Nora had done, and wouldn't have been able to deal with the extreme

Nora falls into a shock and trembles to the floor – she is defeated by her emotions. Torvald is overjoyed – he proclaims

Nora tries to pay off a debt in secret while she puts on a smile to entertain her husband so he doesn’t find out what she did. To make sure he doesn’t she has to convince him not to fire one of his employees, Krogstand, or her secret will be out. Then she tries to maintain her friendship with their doctor, Dr. Rank, without complicating his relationship with Mr. Helmer and her by noticing his unappropriated feelings for her. And sustaining her other friendship with Christine, her childhood friend. After her version of betrayal by her husband Nora tries to overcome her urge to commit to suicide. Then she comes to the decision that she was playing a role and she needs to find herself. In his world, Torvald was recently promoted so he needs to maintain social hierarchy and at home he has to entertain his wife with her spending habits and sweet tooth. So he is really oblivious to her antics