House Taken Over

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House Taken Over

• A wealth of interpretations.

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Interpretation 1

• The story is about human personality or the mind
  (human psychology)

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They represent

• fears
• obsessions
• insecurities

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Irene and her brother represent

• timid, frightened people
• insane people
• psychologically sick individuals
• passive people
• non-risk-takers

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The house represents

• the mind
• the personality
• the self

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The ending

• is happy because Irene and her brother leave
  their inner fears, obsessions, and insecurities
  behind and enter the real world at last
• is sad because their inner obsessions, fears, and
  insecurities have taken everything away from
  themthey have nothing

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Interpretation 2

• The story is about the past or the dead. Its a
  ghost story!!!

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They represent

• the influence of ancestors
• the influence of family history
• the past
• real people

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Irene and her brother represent

• the present generation
• young people
• ghosts who are trying to keep new people out

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The house represents

• ones life
• home
• family
• the real world
• safety
• confinement

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The ending

• is happy because now the two are free to be their
  own people, no longer haunted by the past
• is sad because they are driven out into the harsh
  world and have lost the link to their family
• is happy because the real people (they) have
  driven the ghosts (Irene and her brother) away.

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Interpretation 3

• The story is about war and Argentina
• (historical)

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They represent

• foreign invaders
• dictators in Argentina
• bad government officials

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Irene and her brother represent

• complacent citizens
• ordinary civilians in Argentina
• upper class people being driven out to work in
  the real world

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The house represents

• a country
• the upper class
• Argentina

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The ending

• is happy because the upper class must now work
  just like everyone else
• is sad because the citizens have been driven from
  their home
• is sad because the government or the dictators
  have taken away private property and left the
  citizens in poverty and destitution

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WOW!!!!

• Look at where this simple story has taken us..
• Do you have an interpretation that differs from
  these? Please share it!

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Irene and her Brother
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They
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The House
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The Ending