Rettelse..

Er der en, som har lyst og tid til at rette min korte engelske stil på lige under 2 sider?

Stilen var en novelle, og jeg skulle gøre følgende:
1. Skriv et resumé af novellen.
2. Karakteriser Linda
3. Kommenter titlen.
4. Diskuter hvor stor omfang du skal lægge din lid til din partner om at løse dine problemer.

Det er skrevet ret hurtigt, men bare lige ret de allerslemmeste fejl ;-)

1)
This story is told by Linda who pays her sister and brother-in-law a visit all of a sudden. Paul finds her on their doorstep totally beside herself. Paul does not recognize her at first. It seems as if Linda has come for help but Lindsay, who is Linda’s sister, is ‘not too well’. Paul tries to help both of them at the same time and moves between the living room looking after his wife in the lounge and trying to understand Linda’s problems in the kitchen. Paul questions Linda why she pays them a visit all of a sudden. He starts to accuse her boyfriend of hurting her and it leads to her getting angry. She defends him and assures him that they are in love. Suddenly Paul directs a question at Lindsay and touches her on the raw. She flares up, hits him and starts undressing herself. Then she goes beyond the crying stage to a strange psychotic attack. Paul is frustrated and does not know how to help her. Linda and Paul try to dress Lindsey but it is impossible, but then Lindsey tells them how to do it. When Lindsay’s psychotic attack is under control her sister goes out for some fresh air. When she returns to the house, she and Paul do the dishes. Afterwards she attempts to take a tranquilizer but Paul stops her and tosses them out of the window. Linda sneaks out and picks up just two of them and goes inside the house again.

2)
My impression of Linda is a weak and fragile woman who is confused and unhappy, because she is crying on the steps. In the beginning of the story she is distracted and disconsolate. She seems like a complete wreck and is desperate about talking to her sister Lindsey. But my impression of Linda’s character changes during the story. Linda visits her sister and brother-in-law to have an interruption from her own unstable everyday life with a not too kind-hearted boyfriend. In Linda’s mind Lindsey and Paul are an ideal couple who live in a lovely house in a respectable suburb of London. But as she realizes that her sister actually has it worse than her, she suddenly feels better. I have the impression that she does not get a turn when she hears that her sister is sick because she does not feel pity for her. She is also perceptive about other people because of her comments on Paul’s use of stencils. Her behaviour with Paul and her response to her sister’s difficulties show that she a passive observer of others. When Paul questions Michael’s mental stability Linda is very defensive and defends him and says that they are in love. In the end of the story she is impulsive because of her sudden departure for air and when she sees the tranquillisers in the moonlight she is very imaginative because she sees them like breadcrumbs or magic beans and she imagines that a tree will grow up to the sky and she will climb up to heaven and sleep among the clouds forever. She is inspired of the story about Mickey and the beanpole. I think this shows that she wants to meet her death.

3)
The verb ‘sort’ can mean to impose order and organisation on affairs which are disorganised or in a state of confusion. The expression ‘get … sorted’ occurs not only in the title, but also at various points in the story. The title ‘Lets Get Things Sorted’ is a phrase Paul says in the story. He seeks perfection and cannot stand when something is in disorder. It seems like he says it when he is not unequal to the task and just says this line to calm his associates. Lindsay seems to be annoyed by the repetition of this phrase. Perhaps she is frustrated that Paul’s concern for practical solutions to immediate problems is a defence against dealing with the underlying problems on an emotional level. On the surface they are an ideal couple but they have some difficulties in their relationship but Paul represses them and has only the control of their live on the surface. He cannot manage their underlying problems and therefore he uses this phrase ‘lets get things sorted’ to appear as a man who has control of everything.

4)
I do not think that you may rely all your trust in your partner to solve your own problems. The way Lindsey does it is very weak and immature and shows a great impotence. Of course there is a difference between the sizes of the problems and how they are arised(?) but I think if you get mixed up in problems on your own it is only you who get out of the problems and solve them. It is naturally with family and friends behind your back as a support but primarily it is your own job to solve the problem. I interpret that Lindsey is on drugs. Maybe she has taken it to calm herself and to forget her and Paul’s emotional problems but she is low down. Linda takes tranquilizers too and it seems like she takes them daily. She follows her sister’s footsteps without knowing it and she can see her own fate in Lindsey. They are going to suffer the same fate. I think it is your own job to solve your problems but with help from those around you.