Nora smiles at two men at the beginning of the story, and William is giving herthe evil eye.
Does he really not trust her that much? When Nora goes to walkon the beach, it reminds me of when we go to Corpus Christi. I love to go andwalk on the beach. Nora talks about the child as if she is already born. Ithink that is wonderful. “Dont bother with them, Nora.
Theyre not ourkind” When William says this, it reminds me of my best friend, and herboyfriend. Nora seems like an outgoing lady, and likes to mingle. But whenshe gets caught playing games with James, William builds a wall between the twohouses. Does William really not trust her that much? “The wall isholding,” he says. “Can you believe it?” I say, “Yes, I believe it”. Does William really think that the wall is going to hold the relationshipbetween Dennis and James and Nora? I love the way she finally stands up toher husband, and just walks out.
William has to come and find her. He realizesthat he is in the wronging. I love the way she makes him realize that. “. . .
simply walk forward in silence, which is the way it is between husbandsand wives, with married people” Is this really true? This story was veryinspiring. I think that every woman that has a controlling boyfriend should readthis story. It is written very well. The way that William controls his wifereminds me of my best friend and her boyfriend. He is always controlling her.
Before they started going out, we used to go out for lunch two or three times aweek. It was so nice, spending time with her outside of our hectic lives. Butafter they started going out, everything changed. It wasnt very cool either.
I really wish that it hadnt changed. One day after like weeks of not talkingto my best friend, someone came over to tell me that a person had keyed her car. I couldnt believe it. That person also told me that my best friend thoughtthat I had done it.
I didnt know what to say. I was to shocked to believe it. So I decided to confront her. Before her chemistry lab, I went and talked toher.
She said she thought that it was I, but it left her mind after like amillisecond. But just the thought that she thought it was me, it got me upset. We talked for like 5 hours, and everything was cool. I thought that we would becool forever.
And then she started hanging around with her soon-to-be boyfriend. I heard less and less from her. I wrote her, but got no responses. I justfigured that she was busy. So I decided to page her.
I didnt get any answer. I didnt know what to think. I was upset. I thought that our relationship wasgoing down. Then her boyfriend and her started going out.
And things wentdownhill from there. We didnt talk for weeks. When I needed help to solve aproblem in my life, she was not there for me. I started hanging out with thisguy that I met in summer school, and I never thought that him and I would becomelike brother and sister.
I wish that she could have been there for me. I wantedto tell her so much about my life. But she wasnt. I paged her, called her,but I never got any answer.
Then one day, I decided to write her and ask her tolunch. She responded and we got together. I asked her what was going on with herlife. She said that her life has been really hectic.
I asked her why shehasnt responded to my emails or phone calls. She said that her and herboyfriend have been having problems. I told her I was sorry to hear that. Shesaid that her boyfriend had become to controlling, and the day before that, theyhad a huge fight and she started screaming at him.
I didnt know what to say. She said that she started writing ” I have a boyfriend who is toocontrolling” on her paper. I really didnt know what to say. I mean theyhave been going out for over two years.
Anyway, the whole point of this story isthat her boyfriend wants her to hang out with who he thinks is appropriate. Andthat is not right. My best friend and her boyfriend are different religions, andhe thinks that his religion is more superior, and that hers sucks. It is true. He has even said it.
I wish he wasnt that controlling. I want her to get outof the relationship, but I dont think she can because she is too attached. And one day, if she isnt careful, she is going to turn out like Nora. Playingcards and chess with the next door neighbors when her husband isnt home tosee her talk to other people. That is just very sad. I really think it is.
Imglad that I got to see Nora stand on her own two feet. Im glad that shewalked away and made her husband realize what was wrong with him. I hope that mybest friend does that to her boyfriend one day. I really do.
No girl or womandeserves to be treated like a piece of meat. I will not take that from anyone. Idont take it from my boyfriend. We, as women, should be allowed to livehowever we want when we want. I think that women should stand up to the guythats controlling them and just say ” Shove it up yours” and walk away. Ihope that one day those women like Nora stand up to their husbands.
