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- 611: Player Piano
- ... rural-like way of decorating interiors. But when she finds this is not rural-like but really rural, she does not feel happy at all. Since Paul insists on staying a farmer, she wants to divorce him. He quiets her down and they live separately he in the farm and she in the city house. And then the plot events begin to move. In those days the revolutionary group called the ...
- 612: Lindo Jong
- ... and blew out Tyan-yu's end of the traditional, double-ended marriage candle, meaning her marriage was not consummated. Through planning and patience Lindo found a way to trick her mother-in-law and divorce her husband without having her parents lose face. She was faithful to her parents and to herself. And as a reminder of what she has conquered she buys a new piece of jewelry, always twenty ...
- 613: Gimple The Fool
- ... the rabbi, Gimpel could not pull free of his namesake. Gimpel refused to heed the advice of the rabbi even knowing the rabbi had never said an unkind word. When the rabbi told Gimpel to divorce his wife, Gimpel stayed with her despite all the shortcomings he had just described to the bishop (103). Any other citizen would have obeyed the rabbi’s word, but not Gimpel who lived his life ...
- 614: Follow Your Heart
- ... she married Augusto. Olga would have happily left him and moved back to Trieste, but the quote "Why didn't I pack my bags and return to Trieste? Because at that time neither separation nor divorce existed" explains why she didn't leave. At that time marriages "could only be ended in the case of very serious ill treatment." Augusto never hurt Olga, so she had no decent reason to leave ...
- 615: Fifth Business
- ... also worried about her son’s mental well-being; "How’s your soul, Harry?" (page 117). Each has a genuine concern for how the other is handling life. Mrs. Fenstad makes comments about Harry’s divorce from his ex-wife, Eleanor and about the new woman he is dating, Susan. Mrs. Fenstad seems to feel as if her son is not really happy with his love life; he does not spend ...
- 616: Earth 2 Puzzle
- ... The Sun Also Rises, a saying from the Bible. This book, as in his other books, shows Hemingway obsessed with death. In 1927, Ernest found himself unhappy with his wife and son. They decided to divorce and he married Pauline, a woman he had been involved with while he was married to Hadley. A year later, Ernest was able to complete his war novel which he called A Farewell to Arms ...
- 617: Babylon Revisited
- ... not left behind. She had Francis’s ticket in her hot little hand but kept in close to her because without it he would have left her. For "Margot was too beautiful for Macomber to divorce her and Macomber had too much money for Margot ever to leave him" (Hemmingway 1579). This is a marital "check" to keep each other in a position where they might not be able to leave ...
- 618: A Man For All Seasons (A Man Cannot Serve Two Masters)
- ... to do, for instance in his conversations with Cromwell, and Chapuys, they ask him for knowledge about his master, Sir Thomas More. Firstly Cromwell asks him information concerning More's attitude towards the King's divorce of his wife the Queen. The Common Man replies, "Sir, Sir Thomas doesn't talk about it…He doesn't talk about it to his wife, sir…Sir, he goes white when it's mentioned ...
- 619: A Man For All Seasons
- ... public duties...they lead their country by a short route to chaos."(Bolt, p 22). Despite what many may think, More would rather not get involved or influence the life of the king concerning the divorce. To most people signing the oath is a minor thing. It is something that should be done to appease the King , despite personal beliefs. However, for More his decision to sign the oath must be ...
- 620: Their Eyes Were Watching God:
- ... the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon " (Their Eyes 85-86). Nevertheless, Janie is not afraid to follow her instincts, even when this means leaving her first husband to marry her second - without a divorce. "Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good" (Their Eyes 31). The gossip that spreads throughout ...
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