A Latter to Magda

There were some places, where I couldn’t figure out who Rosa really is and why she does what she does. The story of Rosa’s life has been changing for me from the beginning to the end, but there was one place where I could really understood her. It was the letter that she wrote to Magda about her true self, which really changed my point of view about her. After reading it I was really able to understand her situation that why she acts in the way she acts. I think she is a very true person. Whatever she did or acted like was all a part of her and her family’s reputation. I think she is one of the persons, who carry their true and very own identity, not the one that society likes. She was just being very responsible to carry on the life after all the suffering she went through that her cast or her high society would do. She comes from a very high and reputated family and I think that’s what motivated her to live with her past. She is the one, who remembered her past and lived with it while living in the American society. I have actually become a fan of her, after reading her letter. In the letter she talks about how people (Stella) change after happening all that. She talks about how much Stella hated/jealous of her daughter. Even when she sent her the shawl, she didn’t even bother to send it by registered mail, which probably tells that Stella is a very selfish and very irresponsible woman. Rosa writes to Magda, “She didn’t take the trouble to send it by registered mail! Even though I told her and told her. She has no heart”. Rosa reveals that Stella is a big layer. She lies for everything, even to live in the society. I think Rosa is a true person, because she didn’t care about the society. She smashed her store, because she thought people don’t care about the reality. They just live to show off.  She even left Stella, because she didn’t want Stella to say that she takes care of her. Rosa says that she can’t pretend that she is living a very happy life and forgot her past. So, if she can’t why she would do things according to Stella. Stella is a layer herself without any true identity. It was Stella who accused Magda of being an illegal child, even though she knew that she was not. Rosa was engaged to Andrzej and Magda was their legal daughter. Stella knows everything, but she always finds way to put false accusations on Magda. Rosa writes to Madga, “Stella has a naturally pornographic mind; she can’t resist dreaming up a dirty sire for you”. By reading this letter, I think Stella is not a person to trust. She can’t keep up her own identity. She changes and lies to live. On the other side Rosa, she the one who lives for herself, her daughter, and with her past. This letter really forced me to look at Rosa in a different way. Now, I don’t think Rosa punishes herself by living alone. I think she lives a life that makes her feel comfortable, not guilty. She kept up with her own identity, which makes her a unique person.