Edna is there vacationing with her husband, Leonce Pontellier , and her children. At first she is a bit stand offish with people, not used to their open ways. After meeting Robert, a young Creole man, Edna starts to loosen up. Edna and Robert become good friends and do just about everything together. Because it is an accepted practice for an older married woman and a younger man to be friends, Edna’s husband sees nothing strange about this.
Whereas, the couples must love each other unconditionally and decide on choosing each other without the input of anyone else but themselves, it is assumed that “married couples should be best friends, sharing their most intimate feelings and secrets. They should express affection openly but also talk candidly about problems. And of course they should be sexually faithful to each other.” (Coontz 381) In my opinion, I do not agree with Stephanie Coontz saying George Shaw theory of marriage has unrealistic expectations even though each culture has their own interpretation of marriage. No matter what each culture is different, if they believe that having more than one wife or having cospouses it is their choice and some will stay true to the values they were raised on. Finally, Coontz brought forth if someone is not marrying for love but just for the status then what is the point of getting married.
This shows that although Daisy loved him she chose her family over him even though she wasn’t very happy with the decision. For many people money is an important aspect of life. Daisy found money and social status very important in order to keep her somewhat ‘happy’ by getting anything she wanted. Tom Buchanan gave Daisy lots of material things in order to do this. For example of page 74, it quotes that Daisy receives ‘a string on pearls’ the day before her wedding to Tom but also on the same say she also get a letter from her former lover Gatsby, gets drunk after reading it and has a moment where she hesitates about marrying Tom but after she sobers up she ‘squeezed it up in a wet ball……And walked out of the room, the pearls around her neck and the incident was over’ as it also quotes on pages 74 and 75.
The generosity of the pioneer generation shows that the rich of the pioneer generation were not greedy; their goal was not just to make a profit but also to do what was fair and honest. His relationship with Mrs. Forrester is very complicated because the captain does know that his wife is cheating on him but he expected this too happen because she is a very beautiful woman with many needs. Niel even thinks that Mr. Forrester knows Mrs. Forrester better than herself. “The longer Niel was with Captain Forrester in those peaceful closing days of his life, the more he felt that the Captain knew his wife better even than she knew herself; and that, knowing her, he, to use one of his own expressions valued her” (72) Mr. Forrester knows what Mrs. Forrester needs and was always able to do it until he had his fall in the mountains. This fall encumbered him only to sit around and do almost nothing so they did not visit Colorado Springs anymore.
Here are seven ways to strengthen your marriage: * Reintroduce Dating - When you’re married, it’s easy to become caught up in the rush of day-to-day life enough and lose sight of doing things as a couple. Think back to when you were in the honeymoon phase. What did you and your partner enjoy doing together? Maybe you loved going to the zoo, or art museums, or hiking. Perhaps you love it when your partner gives you back massages, but you haven’t asked for one in quite some time.
The two generate an interesting debate; however they might lose their credibility because Robert brought the fact that Jacqueline was married which is not job related and could be discriminatory to unmarried applicant while Paul he continually refer about Sonya’s enthusiasm and could be the selling point but this is not also offer any substantial reasons for her preference. One thing that I observed for the two is that Robert and Paul have a very good relationship – when they do have disagreements they are understanding and accepting of their differences and compromise when necessary. Robert doesn’t think too highly of the swinging bachelor persona, but it hasn’t affected job performance – anyway, it’s diversity that makes life
Wily treated his wife with no respect when they were together around their sons. When they were alone he treated his wife with love respect and courtesy. I think Wily did that because he just wanted to connect more with his son without his wife interrupting them. I feel wives back then were treated like that but stayed with their man because a family and a marriage was the most important thing back then. Women now days are more independent and know if they are treated that way then they should leave.
One of the most significant portrayals of loyalty is the faithfulness of Odysseus verses Penelope. As Odysseus slowly wanders back home to his wife he manages to flirt and sleep with countless woman. On the other hand Penelope protects all of Odysseus’s property from the greedy suitors who have taken over there home. Penelope never betrays her husband even while most believe he is dead. She refuses to even consider remarrying.
This portrays that he is confident around women and is not scared of curly even though he is the boss’s son. Curly’s wife does not mind as she craves for the attention of the other men as she doesn’t receive it from her own husband. Another good quality slim posses is the understanding of friendship, When George tells Slim that him and Lennie travel together, Slim seems abit shocked , “Maybe everybody in the whole damned world is scared of each other’’ This conveys that there is a problem in society in those days and people find it hard to travel together due to a lack of trust so that’s why ‘’scared of each other’’ is said. Slim possess the knowledge of knowing what is wrong with society and understands it so that’s why he doesn’t find George and Lennie travelling together a bad thing. That could have been one of his roles In the novel to critise society because people are only known to travel together or don’t have anyone to travel with.
Another good human quality is shown through the quality of wealth. Daisy from The Great Gatsby is seen to only value money because of the proper and settled life she wants to live. This is why she leaves Gatsby and marries Tom, which is contrary from the meaning of a human being. The novel I am the Messenger portrays the value of money differently than The Great Gatsby. The author shows how Ed Kennedy brings happiness in the Tatupu family by giving them a little gift.