Digital Storytelling: Elena, Unfaithful by Manuel Krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9 Interpretation of a story by Gloria Broder en-us 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC 2024-11-03 01:46:47 UTC hello@padlet.com His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849591 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849591 When he goes downstairs, he finds the doors barricaded and the children counting silver krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849593 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849593 Convinced by his own lie Manuel decides to win Elena back from her lover krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849594 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849594 The children are not happy. krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849595 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849595 Once the family is gathered Manuel elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849597 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849597 Manuel's four children, Arianne, Ilya, Eva, and Katya then come to pay him a house visit krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849598 Manuel is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849598 He calls his eldest daughter Arianne to tell her that Elena has "gone shopping." krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849599 Arianne is concerned that her father is in denial and tells her siblings. ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849599 Manuel refuses to cope with his grief over the loss of his wife krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849600 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.


]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849600 His grown children resent him krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849601 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. 

]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849601 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849602  Manuel has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them.  They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb.
 ]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849602 Manuel, an old man living in Graz, retires from his job because he decides he's exceptionally handsome krknjak https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849603 ...for his age. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Elena. "She's getting younger and prettier," he tells his friend André.]]> 2017-11-20 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/krknjak/byh5y0oxx1q9/wish/208849603