Story Of An Hour Sacrifice
Paul Rubio
Professor Muñoz
English 028
3 April 2015 It Takes More than Commitment and Sacrifice to Make a Happy Marriage Commitment and sacrifice in a marriage are not always enough to keep a marriage happy and healthy. “Compromise in marriage is essential to maintain a happy and healthy relationship. Without compromise, one spouse will generally feel subjugated, and may grow bitter of his or her partner.” Jenny Franchot. Her quotation states that a good marriage only works, if the spouse compromises with each other. To illustrate this claim, we use the short stories of Heinrich Boll “Like a Bad Dream” which tells the story of a unnamed character who narrates how the actions of his wife change the way he feels about her. And the short story of Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” which tells the story of …show more content…
After the Zumpens finished dinner and left, his wife begins to ask him why he didn’t talk about the contract to Mr. Zumpen and she forces him to go to the Zumpens house, “’What’s up?’ I asked. ‘We have to go to over there, of course’ she said.”(128). with this, we see that the narrator is forced commit to follow his wife order. As he begins to follow his wife’s order, He begins to dislike her. As he describes, “When she tightened the knot of my tie I could have kissed her, the way I always used to when she fixed my tie, but I didn’t.”(128). He is starting to grow bitter of her, as she is making him doing things against his will. Evidence of his unhappiness and bitterness can be found elsewhere in the story. After they finally went to the Zumpens house and he got the contract the way Bertha wanted, she was happy, but he wasn’t. As he states, “As we went down the elevator, Bertha said she was happy, but I said nothing” (130).In conclusion this short story shows that both spouses are making commitments and sacrifices, but only one is
Professor Muñoz
English 028
3 April 2015 It Takes More than Commitment and Sacrifice to Make a Happy Marriage Commitment and sacrifice in a marriage are not always enough to keep a marriage happy and healthy. “Compromise in marriage is essential to maintain a happy and healthy relationship. Without compromise, one spouse will generally feel subjugated, and may grow bitter of his or her partner.” Jenny Franchot. Her quotation states that a good marriage only works, if the spouse compromises with each other. To illustrate this claim, we use the short stories of Heinrich Boll “Like a Bad Dream” which tells the story of a unnamed character who narrates how the actions of his wife change the way he feels about her. And the short story of Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” which tells the story of …show more content…
After the Zumpens finished dinner and left, his wife begins to ask him why he didn’t talk about the contract to Mr. Zumpen and she forces him to go to the Zumpens house, “’What’s up?’ I asked. ‘We have to go to over there, of course’ she said.”(128). with this, we see that the narrator is forced commit to follow his wife order. As he begins to follow his wife’s order, He begins to dislike her. As he describes, “When she tightened the knot of my tie I could have kissed her, the way I always used to when she fixed my tie, but I didn’t.”(128). He is starting to grow bitter of her, as she is making him doing things against his will. Evidence of his unhappiness and bitterness can be found elsewhere in the story. After they finally went to the Zumpens house and he got the contract the way Bertha wanted, she was happy, but he wasn’t. As he states, “As we went down the elevator, Bertha said she was happy, but I said nothing” (130).In conclusion this short story shows that both spouses are making commitments and sacrifices, but only one is