Actions after the Loss of a Child in The Sportswriter by Richard Ford

Here, we realize that Charlie had “gotten bad again;” He had lost all of his friends, he had no one to comfort him, and he was beginning to think that the dream he had about his Aunt Helen was an actual memory. Charlie stops his letter, and doesn’t write again until two months later, when he is released from the hospital. In his last letter, it is revealed that his Aunt Helen had molested him repeatedly. He tries not to focus on this too much, and uses his last letter to emphasize his friends and family being there to help him in his recovery. By the end of the story, Charlie realizes something beautiful: “Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there (Chbosky 211).” Charlie stays true to his words, and decides to stop writing letters so he could participate more in life.

The beginning of the scene is set the morning after Romeo and Juliet had consummated their secret marriage. Her mother and father were downstairs, blinded by lies told by Juliet, who said she was grieving for the death of her cousin Tybalt, who had died the night before. Already Juliet is lying to her parents, this tells us the readers that there is certainly not strong relationship, that we can see, between Juliet and her parents. Lady Capulet arrives at the start of ... ... middle of paper ... ...arried to her grave' and her father shouting, 'Hang thee, young bagget' and calling her a 'disobedient wretch'. It is no surprise that she considers killing herself, 'Myself have power to die'.

Clarrisan Vaughan spent so much time planning for a party that Richard did not want to attend. It is obvious that the women will keep themselves unhappy just to satisfy the needs of the men they are involved with. The only person who went against the grain was Laura Brown when she left her son . According to Ebert, Roger "Virginia and Leonard Woolf loved each other, Clarrisan treasures both of her lovers. But for the two in the movie who cannot love, The price is devastating"(3).The effect is shown in how Richie, the little boy became Richard, the man that finally committed suicide to save himself from aids.

Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, a good friend of Amaranta’s brother, begins visiting the Buendia’s house and courting Amaranta after losing hope with fighting the war. At this point Amaranta is beyond salvation as she always wears a black bandage to represent her guilt over the death of Crespi. Amaranta like always refuses to get close to the man because of her fear and guilt over what she caused the household to suffer. As a result she once again ends up rejecting someone who could have given her a good life, “Amaranta was really making an effort to kindle in her heart the forgotten ashes of her youthful

Robert awakens the “symptoms of infatuation” that she had when she was a young woman. Edna states that her husband seemed “like a person whom she had married without love as an excuse." The quote demonstrates that Edna recognizes that she does not love her husband and has come to the realization that their relationship is completely devoid of passion. Dissatisfied with her marriage, Edna dreams of being with Robert. The realization of her love for Robert causes Edna much grief because she understands that she can never act on her feelings for Robert because of her marriage to Leonce.

The relationship she has with each one of these characters influences and initiates a lost feeling that has never risen to its complete capacity. As Edna awakens to this new self she becomes self absorbs and chooses herself-satisfaction over her family. Edna and Leonce’s marriage didn’t start as two star crosses lovers, but more of convenience. Leonce pursued Edna and “fell in love” with her (Kate Chopin 32). Edna wasn’t in love with Leonce, but rather embraced the idea of defying her family.

She finally allowed herself to think of her life as living for herself. I think that the shock and disappointment in not being allowed the new life is what killed her. She got her wish in the end and lived a short life, which is what she wanted all along if she was forced to live her life for her husband. It seems like her body gave her what her mind wanted.

He halted a moment and shrugged his shoulders.”(pg. 8) The only reason Mrs. Pontillier stays with her husband for so long is because of her children. Although the Pontillier children are not major characters they help demonstrate her true commitment. Edna would rather die than let her children think their mother left them to be with another man. “She thought of Leonce and the children.

Unfortunately, the wife accepts his behavior because she loves him and doesn’t want to lose him. At the same time, the feeling of obedience in order to prevent divorce lives in her only at the beginning of their marriage. As the years pass by, she becomes used to the subordinate mode of life that her husband has thrown on her. And after some time she finds out that she hates her lifestyle because she has devoted all her life to her husband, and the only thing she wants is freedom. Louise’s fate was tragic.

Mallard’s decision of being happy about her husband’s death was very wise and correct because that was a window of opportunity to gain her freedom back. Now she realizes that she will be able to make her own decisions and choices. Even though great care was given to her due to her heart problem, her husband still has controlled upon her life. Freedom is what motivates Mrs. Mallard to be happy with her husband’s death. She is fighting her feeling for her freedom because she has not had freedom at all, rather she was suffering from emotional and physical abuse.