The story of a blind girl
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The story of a blind girl
Stories however short or long have deep meanings and a strong connection to the lives of the author and audience. The story of a blind girl has been retold over the years with the versions of the story changing depending on the message and emphasis that the storyteller wants to put across. Allegrei A. Fernando’s version is the most common. In this version, the blind girl changed her decision from marrying a boy whom she loved after discovering that the boy was blind. The girl did not know that the boy had donated his eyes to her (Fernado, 2010, 1). One of the merits of the story is- do not make blind decisions. As the story is told, the girl was blind and all that she loved was her boyfriend. In her blindness, she could not love herself or even other people in her environment. Many girls who are in love especially the teenagers do this mistake. All that matters in their lives is their boyfriends. In many occasions, even his own ambitions and preferences are shelved for the sake of the boyfriend. Such love at times leads the boyfriends to make decisions, which may make them suffer all their lives. Out of the love that they shared, the boy donated his eyes to his girlfriend. When the girl rejected him, he was furious for his decision and the only thing lingering in his mind was his sacrifice. This is why he says to the girl “take care of my eyes” (Fernado, 2010, 1). While girls care about love, boys care about the sacrifices they have made towards the relationship.
The blind girl could have a physical blindness before she got the eyes but she had a psychological blindness when she got the eyes. In her view, all people had the same perspectives of life as she had. During her time of physical blindness, she hated herself and even hated everyone (Fernado, 2010, 1). This is the perspective that she had of blind people; hatred and low self esteem. When she met her boyfriend after a mysterious person donated eyes to her, she did not take time to know the boyfriend and learn whether he had the same attitude towards life. She was judgemental and jumped into a conclusion that latter hurts the boyfriend’s ego and goodwill. This shows how psychological blindness is worse than physical blindness. Psychological blindness leads to decision making that is immature and incorrect. Psychological blindness hurts those in your biome than physical blindness.
As the story unfolds, we see how ladies can drive men to make unpremeditated decisions in life. The blind girl’s boyfriend donates both his eyes to the girl while he could have donated one corona and still sees with the other. This was a great sacrifice that was uncalled for. May be if he still had one eye on him the girl would not have rejected her. There are questions that everyman asks himself after falling out in a relationship. What did I do wrong? Were the sacrifices that I gave worth the relationship? The author thus ignites an inquisitive opinion to all men who are in a relationship (Fernado, 2010, 1).
The blind girl’s story has many merits and lessons that are applicable to everyday life. While it is based on an intimate relationship, the story is applicable to any other kind of relationship especially when key decisions are supposed to be made.