Aylmer's Story

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I was very intrigued by the message this short story left me to think about. There is a lot of symbolism within the story just as strong at the message given. “You can fix something that isn't broke.” The story is deeper than most will understand which is what I like the most about it. The moral tale of this story is what I enjoy the most, I like how the author used examples of Aylmer's projects to be perfect, but as soon as someone touched them they we destroyed. I found this to be symbolism towards his wife. She was imperfectly-perfect. Aylmer's obsession for wanting to make things perfect paid a cost of him losing his wife. Instead of being focused on what was wrong in the past Aylmer should have focused on the present before he ruined

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