Goblin Market Chapter Summary & Analysis - No Thank You John Summary

No Thank You John Summary

A spirited and feisty narrator turns down a suitor in this one sided conversation written as a response to a suitor's demands. We are given an impression of John's demands through the responses of the narrator, although we never actually hear the words spoken by the character John.

The narrator tells John that she has never loved him and chastises him for constantly bothering her. She compares him to a ghost with a pale complexion who keeps haunting her. She tells John not to remain single for her sake, as plenty of other women would accept him but she never will.

John accuses her of being heartless, something she denies. She defends herself by saying she can't be forced into loving him and it would be unreasonable to expect that. She tells him that she will never love him and would rather turn down another fifty proposals than accept him.