The war creates many difficult and traumatic situations for human beings. Civilian life faces tremendous upheaval due to war. The human predicament that follows is amply illustrated through the experience of the narrator The war had caused many physical difficulties as well as emotional sufferings to her. She had lost her dear mother She went 46, Marconi Street to see her mother's valuable possessions. Mrs. Dorling was a true opportunist who had used the narrator's mother's belongings on the pretext of storing them for safekeeping. She to recognize the narrator anc does not even let her in. The narrator gets another chance visit the house. The presence of her mother's possessions in a strange atmosphere hurt her. Now these valuables had bst all their
importance for her as they had been separated from her mother. She could get no solace or comfort from them. She resolved to forget the address. She wanted to the memories of her mother and the war behind. She decided to move on.