Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
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Question: Disillusionment is one of the themes, which can be identified in this short story. Look in detail at how this theme is dealt with and explain why you found it meaningful to you as a reader. Justify your answer with clear reference to the text.
"Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains" is a well-written short story by A.L. Kennedy. The story is of a woman, who catches her husband cheating on her with a younger woman, in an attempt to stab her husband she ends up slicing her fingers. Thus her husband looks after her for a few days till she gets better then they slowly drift apart. The woman in the story is disillusioned throughout; this is shown with the way she acts and how she looks at matters with her husband.
From the beginning of the story we can see that the woman is confused...