In ‘The Boarded Window’, the genre is horror, mystery and magic realism. Genre refers to the type of art, literature or music distinguished by a particular form, content or style. The mood of the story is created step by step. The reader enjoys the story throughout and is curious every moment. The story also revolves around the theme of death, loss of loved one and ironies. The boarded window led him to lose someone who was very special and important to him, his wife. The story revolves around how Murlock’s actions seemed pretty detached but he was deeply numbed and traumatised by what had happened to him in the past. The story starts revolve around the boarded window and the unknown story behind why it’s covered with wooden pieces all the time. He lived in a dense forests in a house made of wooden logs and the house had this boarded window. Murlock preferred to stay away from the rest of the society. The boarded window is the story narrated in first person by the narrator about this mysterious man called Murlock and his sad past that the narrator got to know from his grandfather. The boarded window By Ambrose Bierce The main idea
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