The Veiled Woman

I was really interested in “The Vine Leaf” after we discussed it in class. When I first read the piece I was neither, completely excited about it nor did I hate it so I was excited when we analyzed it in class and discussed how it really developed. What interested me even more about the piece was how in depth it was. The author did a great job not only making it a mystery to the reader why the masked woman wanted to keep her identity a secret but he also is creating an almost completely different story with the surgeon whom claims he will keep secrets but ends up telling a secret in order to gain is patients trust; something has been lost in that train of thought.
More on the veiled woman, I really believe that she had not told her fiancé that she had posed nude and knew that if he did know it was she, he would not approve. So, in order to preserve her future life and her reputation she results in killing the artist and getting her birthmark removed to mask, in itself, the truth about the murder and who she is. However, no matter what I believe happened it is truly one of those great stories that allows the reader to make the decision from himself/herself; although that could drive some people crazy. I think the best situation would be if I could meet the author and ask him what he thinking when he wrote the piece and what he would say the reason was if he chose to write it into the story.
Also, I thought it was great how we discussed the different stories and how unique that really is in most writing. There are not many pieces that I am aware of that really make these types of intertwined stories of very different characters and how their paths end up crossing one another. I am interested in reading more pieces like these because they force the reader to think which I do not feel many authors successfully accomplish.