In any given situation, the outcome is never the anticipated one. In Marcovaldo, by Italo Calvino, the main character, Marcovaldo, has dreams in which he feels he can accomplish. Although for a time, he is right, each situation ends in ways that he does not expect.
One example in the novel is when Marcovaldo takes care of a plant that seems more than a plant to him. The plant had poor health, but Marcovaldo felt he had the touch to bring it back. He would water it and take care of it very well. During a night of rain, Marcovaldo asked to take the plant home because he could not keep it outside at the company. Marcovaldo wanted the plant to have the fresh water of the rain. The next day Marcovaldo saw that it was still raining. He asked if he could keep the plant for the weekend so it could get all the water and become healthy again. During that weekend the plant kept growing and regaining its health. The day Marcovaldo returned to work, the plant was no longer the size of a plant, it had become the size of a tree. The boss at Marcovaldo’s job wanted him to exchange the plant at the nursery for a smaller one that would fit in it’s original spot. Marcovaldo felt that he could not just give his hard work to someone else, and wanted to take it for himself. On his way, many people saw the beautiful yellow leaves of the plant and some even started grabbing at the ones flying off. Marcovaldo looked back at his plant and there was one leaf remaining. They all had flown off from the wind and rain and the last one gave up as well and left Marcovaldo.
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This incident is one of many in Marcovaldo that Marcovaldo goes through. Although his expectations were correct of the plant, in the end, he ended up losing it. This proves the theory that results are never the expected ones. Although Marcovaldo experienced results that were not in his favor, there are also things that work out for the better.
