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“Gooseberries” was written to illustrate the passiveness by which the majority of society treats societal problems. The title, which later is revealed to be a passion of a character, has the most juvenille and silly connotations to it. Children can often be heard using the term “silly goose”, and no one ever went to war over a berry, there are so many that they are insignificant. The connotations of the title coupled with the intrest of the character in them (gooseberries) results a message conveyed that most people’s priorities are inappropriately organized with unimportant things like gooseberries at the top and helping the poor at the bottom. Ivan remarks several times upon how these priorities keep people happy and keep them from confronting societal issues, especially poverty.
“We see the people going out to market for provisions, eating by day, sleeping by night, talking their silly nonsense, getting married, growing old, serenely escorting their dead to the cemetary; but we do not see and we do not hear those who suffer, and what is terrible in life goes on somewhere behind the scenes…”
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