Question

The conclusion of Daly's "Sixteen" contains which theme?

Answer 1

Answer:

accepting disappointment

Explanation:

Maureen Daly’s short story Sixteen tells the even in the young girl’s life and how she fell in love. The author writes in the first person and describes how the girl met the boy on the skating ring, liked him really much, and how he told her he’ll call her when they parted.

Yet, at the end of the story, we learned that the boy never called her back. After a few days of waiting, the narrator tells us she doesn’t jump at the sound of the phone anymore. Finally, she realizes the boy won’t ever actually call her and ends the story with acceptance of this realization.

It wraps up with the idea that things in life don’t always end up how we want and that we must understand that disappointment is a part of life. This important lesson is part of growing up. Therefore, the concluding theme of Sixteen is accepting disappointment.