Adam Smith's Story

         This story is about a young orphan named Margret who lives in England and is adopted by an extremely paranoid woman, Lucy. Margaret's main desire as she grows up beneath Lucy's care throughout the story is to live and experience life for herself instead of constantly hearing Lucy ramble about how the world is full of "wolves" and evil people. Margaret wants to break free from her sheltered life with Lucy. Soon, Margaret encounters the milk man, Marcus,whom she takes an immediate interest in. Marcus is one of the only people Margaret has let into her life and create a close relationship with, or attempts to create a close one. Consequently, Marcus turns out to be malicious and exactly the type of person Lucy had warned her adopted daughter about for years. In the end, Margaret ironically ends up seeing Lucy's point of view of the world, although it is a fairly judgemental and narrow view of the entire outside world since not everyone is like Marcus and the people Lucy has encountered.
        I really enjoyed this story and thought the story, dialouge, and even the dramatic character of Lucy to be fairly realistic and effective. I enjoyed the plot and the storyline,as well as the ending and how a wee bit of karma comes around to reach Margaret. She could have just listened to Lucy; however, where's the fun in actually doing what you're told? Nonetheless, I liked how everything tied in together and the irony in Lucy "being right about people."
        I do not have hardly any critiques except tht I wish I could have seen more into Margaret's head when she is first introduced to Lucy especially, but also how Margaret feels growing up stuck living in a constant state of panic and paranoia. I wanted to know more of how Margaret felt. Did she ever take up for Lucy if kids picked on her about her adopted mom? Also, after knowing Lucy's character, I wanted to know exactly why Lucy decided to adopt a child in the first place since she is so scared of every little thing. If I were Lucy, I don't think I would necessarily just go out and adopt a child for companionship, or at least not on the spot. I feel as though Lucy would have researched all the background on Margaret to find out where she came from, if she has ever had any issues, illnesses, random violent acts, or something along those lines. Aside from that, I really enjoyed reading the story!