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This story is about Jim Brennan, the main character in the story. He wakes up on his seventy-sixth birthday, feeling lonely and keeps thinking about the past. Jim kept seeing the ghost of his childhood sweetheart, Ellen. Jim and Ellen loved each other when Jim was sixteen. Bu when he turned seventeen, Jim married a girl he met in business his father wanted him to. He constantly rejects Ellen when she asks Jim out to play. Ellen died at nineteen and Jim knew then how much Ellen meant to him. He regrets making the mistake of hurting a girl whom he has loved.

I think Jim is an immature person before Ellen’s death. He does not think of the consequences of his actions and only regrets it when everything is too late. I also think that Jim is a very selfish person. He tells Ellen that he does not want her anymore without even thinking whether Ellen will be sad or not.

We can relate this to our lives by learning from Jim’s mistakes. We should not be like him, making decisions without thinking what the end will be. If we do, we will end up like him, regretting about his mistakes but there’s no way to make up for it.