"The Open Window" by Saki

The short story "The Open Window" by Saki gives us a marvelous example of how appearance, semblance and our naivety can distract our attention from reality and even make harm to our health. This story also shows how a writer can make perfect use of irony. "The Open Window" is a story about deception, perpetrated on an unsuspecting, and constitutionally nervous man, Mr. Nuttel. He comes to the country in order to cure his nervous …

…often mixed. As a result people are misled by appearances, not recognizing truth, reality, and making fools of themselves. The open window itself can be a symbol of some kind of a boarder between imagination and reality. The message of he story "The Open Window" can be as follows: we must be more prudent and far-sighted in everything, which we have to deal with, in order not to be misled by circumstances and other people.