Don’t be a twit Clive. Minimum of Two presents a bleak view of
human relationships. Discuss in relation to three stories.
“Minimum of Two” demonstrates a bleak view of human relationships,
however there are a few hopeful ones. The boy and the boy’s friend
show negative and pessimistic relationships. Jerra and Rachel show a
plain relationship at first, however it turns more optimistic during
the end. The girl and the mother have a negative damaging
relationship, which does not change. All these characters demonstrate
a desolate view of relationships at some stage in the novel.
The boy and the boy’s friend show a plain, windswept relationship. The
boy’s friend and his girlfriend travel up the coast together to his
mother’s holiday house. The boy is quiet and doesn’t want to lose his
friend. He follows them wherever they go and doesn’t want to accept
that things are different, “he swears things are the same”, No Memory
Comes”. The boy has been friends with him nearly his whole life, and
doesn’t realise that his friend his moving on. The boy knows that his
relationship with his friend is becoming distant. The boy is trapped
in the past and terrified that things are changing. He is going to
have to let go of the past, but he does not want to be separated from
it. The boy and the boy’s friend showed a very ordinary relationship,
that was not going to last.
In the start of the novel Jerra and Rachel do not show a very
optimistic relationship, however it turns out hopeful during the end.
They argue a great deal and are quite distant. Jerra has a difficult
lack of family support, yet he tries to keep everything together, “too
many things had gone against them”, “Forest Winter”. Their
relationship was very quiet and there was not a lot of communication,
so Jerra decided to have a baby in order to bring them closer
together. After the baby Rachel became silent, “having the baby had
muted her”, ‘Forest Winter’. Rachel also felt sad and pessimistic
after she had been raped, however she finds the courage to overcome
this in “The strong one”. At the end of the novel when Rachel has the
baby, they become very close and Jerra does not want to lose Rachel or
Sam. At this point it is shown that Jerra cares and has feelings for
Rachel, “I love you”, ‘Blood and Water’. Rachel and Jerra have their
ups and downs, however in the end they look forward with desire and
more confidence.
The mother and the daughter show a very sad and unhopeful
In one of the passages at the end of book one,
In this passage, Sandra Cisneros explains the world of a small eleven-year old girl named Rachel who has been disappointed but taught by her experiences. The author uses several literary devices such as simile, imagery, foreshadowing, tone, diction, etc., to address the neglected and sad feelings of Rachel and to portray Rachel as a character who changes as a result of experience. Rachel, as she explains her difficulty in growing up, she is embarrassed and feels helpless. Though she just turned eleven, all the years before eleven are "pushing at the back of her eyes". The author shoots all these emotions out from Rachel and characterize her actions as that of which small kids would do so they can solve problems. Cisneros uses all these various literary techniques to create the development of the character of Rachel in that she is complex and round
see that when we first meet her in Act I, Scene v, where she is
The relationship between the husband and wife seems initially to be perfect. They both show each other expressions of love. There is understanding, harmony, financial security, and good communication between them. The couple spends a lot of time together, discussing future plans, and talking about the good moments they had in the past. However, behind all of this positive interaction between the two of them is something they are both not able
As we progress though the novel, we a introduced to a variety of characters in the story like Rachel Turner
seen in the story, it’s tells us in the first sentence of the story. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was
elder years. The bond broken in this situation is a very weak one. The only
"At the very end of the novel- what is represented as being important? Find two quotes to illustrate this".
bring up the strength inside himself to go out and leave and to stay strong as a
As people grow, a variety of relationships develop over time. Relationships with family, friends, and romantic partners are such examples of these diverse ties. Friendships in particular are affected by the following: the level of interaction involved, how communication between two friends is established, and contact, if they exist, between multiple circles of friends through one person. Some examples of these are friendship expectations, the stages of childhood friendship, and the stages of adult friendship.
Presumably, complications start to revolve around the protagonist family. Additionally, readers learn that Rachel mother Nella left her biological father for another man who is abusive and arrogant. After,
the beginning of all the bad events that occur in the remaining of the novel.
It is easier to grasp a meaning of this line further along in the book.
in an amorous pursuit have left him in the past, which is shown through his
the end of the novel as both the women in his life have other men at