In this story, The Pose, the author is trying to convey the message that life as we know it can change if it is taken in a different point of view altogether

smart, sophisticated girl would want to be a mannequin. At first I did not understand the author’s purpose of writing this story, but as I continued to grasp the essence of the story, I finally understood. In this story, “The Pose”, the author is trying to convey the message that life as we know it can change if it is taken in a different point of view altogether . “She was happy. Incredibly happy. No one had looked at her so appreciatively before. At least not in her presence. Like a kind and caring queen receiving the adulation of her subjects” (99). These were the words said by the protagonist showing us how she had never received such admiration before as ordinary person, but now as she has become a utopian figure – a mannequin – she has reluctantly opened her arms to appreciation. I have also experienced a similar scenario because I have also been through the same sort of situation where I went on to introduce myself as someone else. Although extremely nerve wracking to keep up with, it did show me how this world and the people in it can really change just by the fact that you are someone else; people around me were always giving me attention just for the fact that my name was not Bilal Majeed anymore, that I was not a student anymore, and for the fact that I was not 15. In this story, I believe the main character became a mannequin in order to achieve comfort, confidence and freedom, as a women living in a South Asian country such as India. “Somebody might see her getting out of the show window. She’d have to be very careful … and fast. And yet there was such comfort inside the show window! How she wallowed in that pleasure! Another ten minutes? Why not ...” (100). In this personal conversation, the protagonist tries to convince herself in staying in the show window a little while longer because of all the comfort and confidence she achieves. I think the author’s purpose was to show us how looking at the world from a different perspective can really change the way you think of it, and I completely agree with this statement for the world can truly change if you look at it from another person’s standpoint. Therefore, I conclude by saying that I truthfully enjoyed this story and it taught me a brilliant lesson that surely life is not a utopian figure but we can most definitely change that.