The Ninny
The story that I read was about a girl name Yulia who is working as a governess for her boss’s children. She was asked to sit down and receive her salary, but she was tricked. She knew but did not say anything. This is what made a surprise to her boss and according to the story, it can be seen in two different perspectives. The first view is she is very dumb, but the second view is she is just patient.
Initially, the first perspective that can be seen from the incidence is Yulia is such a fool because she did not argue or asked anything back although she knew that she was corrupted since the beginning of the conversation. She is a kind woman, but she should stand up for herself to protect her own justice. According to the story, I learned that she is a very honest woman and she is also a hard-working woman. The reader will see just like me that she is dumb at this point. Nowadays, in reality there are people who still act like Yulia. These people are often seen as non-fighters and they are weak because they are not brave enough to argue for their rights. The best thing to do for this type of people is they have to learn the ways to stand up for themselves. Not just waiting to be corrupted because the stronger people will always take the opportunities as a profit to cheat.
The second point of view is Yulia is too patient. She knows everything that her boss said and she still keep but patience at will. She is not counted as dumb, but she is clever enough to wait till the end of the conversation. She already knew from the start that if she kept calm, her boss is going to give her money, which it will be an extra income apart from her salary. In reality, there is also this type of people but likely less because no one can be so much calm until the end. Most people will have limitations of emotions when talking to another person, especially knowing that if they are unfair. Nevertheless, reading this story still give the point that Yulia is dumb anyway. She could not be this calm to be clever and if she argued back, it is as easy as the idiom saying, ‘it’s a piece of cake.’
This story shows that on one side can tell that the woman is so idiot that she lost her chance to argue and fight for her justice. On the other hand it shows that the woman is clever than her boss and is patient enough to wait for an extra profit in the end. It looks like Yulia is sitting on the fence, which means that she does not want to make a decision. However, it still shows that she is not clever for the story, ‘The Ninny.’ This gives an overall lesson that is given in this story is, when the rights are yours, stand up for yourself. Do not keep calm and wait or else you will be seen as the ninny.