The Prophetess

The Prophetess was a different story to read as apposed to all the depressed stories we have been reading. The prophetess gave off a magical /fairy tale feel . It starts off with a son who is naturally supposed to assume responsibility over the household since there is a lack of a father figure detailed in this story. The mother keeps ends meat by working as a nurse. The turning point of the story is when the mother gets sick. The boy finds it his duty to help heal her by going to get some holy water from this women called " The Prophetess" . The Prophetess is supposedly this magical women who has magical water that can heal anything with one drop. The climax is when the boy had to over come fears of knocking on the door, fears of the guard dogs, fears that she would turn him away. Towards the end, the mother states that even medicine can not heal everything to the boy leading you to beleive that the hospitals there are not up to date.