Divorce by Ivan Klima
In the short story entitled “Divorce” by Ivan Klima a judge makes an
important decision that will affect him for the rest of his life. The decision
maybe by this man, a Judge named Martin Vacek was for the better.
Loyalty and dedication is more important than lust and romance. Judge
Martin Vacek displayed true honorability when he decided to stay with his
wife rather than go off with a younger, more attractive, recently divorced
woman.
His decision completely ignored his inner most feelings. Love didn’t
overcome him. This was extremely unusual. Society has showed most of
the time that love can prevail over anything. According to Martin that
wasn’t the case. He proves that being loyal is number one to him. The
Judge proves to be a noble man and I think the choice he made was the
right one. A man who has been with married for 30 years show great
loyalty.
When the judge has a passionate and erotic night with a slim, finely
built, smooth skinned, who has not one wrinkle one her skin, and who is
twenty years old you would think that he found the perfect woman. In his
eyes he has but chooses not to be with her. He finds her attractive and just
feels an electric impulse when he is with her and when he speaks his soft
words he actually makes this woman melt like butter. Martin hasn’t
experienced this reaction towards him in a long time so this woman is
main him feel outrageously special. So considering all the things he
displayed what would Judge Martin Vacek do when she asks him “what’s
the point of such a marriage Martin?” He answers with the absolute
opposite of what she wanted to hear. She was waiting for Martin to say
something to let her know that she is more special than his wife, but that
wasn’t the case.
Due to his decision Judge Vacek loses out on an amazingly gorgeous
twenty year old girl but keeps his wife of thirty years who he has no
feelings for. Martin had a chance to change his mind and make her still
whatever he does not want her to do. Throughout her twenty years of life with
tries to make her disinterested in him so that again, he may concentrate on the
other than his possessions. And her desire to stay in touch with her rich lifestyle even extends
make her happy. He wants his wife to know that he is ashamed of what
His memory of her is sweet and beautiful so that even without saying it, it is obvious that he was, and possibly is still, in love with her. He remembered the past and convinced himself that it could be like that once again. He became delusional with love, and was blinded by it.
feels that bothers her so. Her husband expresses his love for her but at the
her and has been for a long time. He'd do anything for her, but he doesn't
feels; he just imposes his ways on her and expects her to go along with it.
The beginning of the book The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis was difficult to understand and hard to figure out, but as you read on, you come to find out that this book is about heaven and hell and the people that go there. The narrator who is the main character in the book tells the story on what he sees from his eyes. The author describes hell as a dark cold town with alleys that people live in and no one to be seen on the streets, and heaven as this place that looks beautiful with green grass, mountains, rivers, and animals running around. C.S. Lewis uses different characters throughout the book to help understand the scene and the situations that are going on. The ghosts that go with him to heaven from hell are all different and play a big role in this novel. The other characters in the novel are the spirits who live in heaven and talk to the ghosts. Through the conversations going on between the ghosts and the spirits you learn more and more about what is going on, how characters got there, and their problems. The narrator listens to the two talk and from the conversation does he learn more about himself. I believe Lewis made this book so the reader can put themselves in the narrator's position and also think about their own lives and circumstances.
in him that is totally based on a picture she makes of him in her mind. What
In society today, divorce is common with approximately 60% of marriages not lasting. Prior to their parents splitting up, children struggle with how to thrive in an environment where their parents are constantly arguing. This is the backdrop for my screenplay. One of the protagonists, Kristi, is an artist who goes running for several hours every night, returning after midnight when she is certain that her parents are asleep. She is a thoughtful and taciturn character who thinks that she is to blame for the problems that her parents are experiencing. As time progresses, Kristi becomes increasingly hopeless about her life and her paintings reflect her emotions because Kristi uses increasing amounts of dark colors.
is very eager for one of her daughters to marry him, as he is single,
with her. He also wants to inform his love that he will give her a
present for her children Because dad is so consumed with controlling everyone, he also is not
can be happy as he knows she has always been loyal to him and made