I have chosen to analyze a literary work by Nicholas Sparks called, “The Wish.” This book analyzes how a woman who lives in a very well-known city of Seattle, is forced to move to a very remote town where she must overcome the differences of the socioeconomic classes to fit in with the rest of the way that the town lives. However, once these differences are overcome, she falls in love with a man who lives there and considers this small new town her new home for life. Although this main character Maggie comes from a wealthy big city, she is upset at first for her parents making her move to a much poorer small town which much less to do, she begins to appreciate what the town and the people have to offer.
I feel this book also relates to what we have learned about in this course so far concerning the idea of the “Others.” When Maggie first arrives to the small town, she considers herself the “One” and the rest of the town as the “Others” because she feels her socioeconomic status puts her at a much higher scale compared to rest of the town. However, this idea quickly changes once she learns how the socioeconomic status of each person does not matter but rather the genuine quality of the person and how they treat her as a new person of their town.
Overall, this book is great story and truly shows how a simple injustice such as socioeconomic class does not reflect the quality of the person but rather is just a small meaning to the person. Once Maggie moves to this much smaller town, she begins to appreciate the true beauty of both it and the people in it. She no longer considers herself better, “The One,” once she learns more about the town and each person who lives there.