In the story "the Cactus" The main character Trysdale is sitting alone in his apartment thinking and talking to himself about the little green plant sitting in the window sill, the cactus. Wondering why it is there and what the meaning of it is. Trysdale then leaves and goes to a wedding for a girl he once dated and found one of his friends who was a captain; the man’s name was carruthers. Carruthers and trysdale then talked about the love of his life, who he left long ago and was now getting married. The captain talked to him for quite a while, asking all sorts of questions and wondering why he left her, and what happened to them during the relationship. Trysdale tries to explain the things he did and why he left her, but he doesn’t recall why he did. He then explains that he wasn’t sure if she still liked him and explained how she gave him the little cactus after the two of them separated. Trysdale did not know how to speak the native language of which the cactus came from so he never knew the meaning. So, he asked the captain what the meaning of the cactus was, and he said that it meant “come and take me” So, trysdale could have gotten his girl back, but he did not know the meaning of the cactus so he never knew that she wanted to be with him still, and as a result trysdale lost the love of his life and his lesson learned was that he should of looked into the name more when he received it.
In the story "the Cactus" The main character Trysdale is sitting alone in his apartment thinking and talking to himself about the little green plant sitting in the window sill, the cactus. Wondering why it is there and what the meaning of it is. Trysdale then leaves and goes to a wedding for a girl he once dated and found one of his friends who was a captain; the man’s name was carruthers. Carruthers and trysdale then talked about the love of his life, who he left long ago and was now getting married. The captain talked to him for quite a while, asking all sorts of questions and wondering why he left her, and what happened to them during the relationship. Trysdale tries to explain the things he did and why he left her, but he doesn’t recall why he did. He then explains that he wasn’t sure if she still liked him and explained how she gave him the little cactus after the two of them separated. Trysdale did not know how to speak the native language of which the cactus came from so he never knew the meaning. So, he asked the captain what the meaning of the cactus was, and he said that it meant “come and take me” So, trysdale could have gotten his girl back, but he did not know the meaning of the cactus so he never knew that she wanted to be with him still, and as a result trysdale lost the love of his life and his lesson learned was that he should of looked into the name more when he received it.
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