For this week’s blog assignment Print out, read, and annotate Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) This story is about a man and women sitting in a train station having drinks, which seem to be the norm. while waiting for a train to arrive, they are having a conversation about the status of their relationship. They don’t agree on a lot of things but one of them feels like staying together and boarding that train would make all well. Does she stay in her relationship with the man? I believe that the woman does not remain in the relationship with the man. During their conversation he would often get upset with the things that she said. This action from him upset her, making her questioned if he would always get upset with things that she said. The man believes that if they go away together everything will be okay and that their problems will disappear. He says “We’ll be fine afterwards. Just like we were before.” However, I think she does not believe this because as they sit there they continue to argue and she continues to be defensive to everything he says. She gets upset with how much he’s talking and asks him to stop. The relationship is already dead because all that this couple does is “look at things and try new drinks”. When they began to try to have a decent conversation it turns bad and the man starts to plead with her. This couple has problems that the woman does not want to fix. When have you made a important choice to stay in a relationship or leave a relationship -- OR -- stay or leave a difficult situation? I encourage you to write a scene that shows the moment. Consider using dialogue. It was Saturday afternoon in King of Prussia Pennsylvania. The mall had been crowded as expected for it being 14 days before Christmas. I had been doing some shopping with my two youngest children, Tiara, had become rather fussy after walking around for hours so we decided to stop at the food court for dinner. After receiving our food and settling at the table to eat my phone rang and my face lit up with excitement, it was my husband. He said, “This is not working, I want to get a divorce” As I realized what this conversation was about I got up from the table and hurried to a corner so no one could see the tears that started fall from my eyes, especially the children. “why are you saying that?” , “you just want to give up like that after 18 years” “Yes you need to continue on with your life, I have to be in jail for 9 and a half to 19 years” “what do you expect me to do? “I know you have a friend now who can actually be there for you and the children. I will be okay. I’ll always love you but I need to do this on my own and this is not fair to you”
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Sabatino
2/20/2018 09:15:25 am
Thanks for sharing this post.
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