Discussion Question Set Week 1

Question #1


In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", the concept of romantic love seems to be treated as a joke. It challenges the idea of marrying for love. It could not be more obvious that the woman in the story is not in love with her husband. True love lasting forever was certainly not the case here. The reader is not told why the woman married her husband, whether is was for love, or money we don't know. But judging by the woman's overwhelming feelings of rebirth and a new beginning, she will be happier without him. Typically women who find out their husbands have died are destroyed and distraught. Not this lady. It is probably best she died from the shock of him walking in the door. She was so close to freedom that to have it snatched away would be a very hard thing to cope with. This story supports the theory that marrying "for security" can be hazardous to one's health.


Question 3

I chose for my selection, "True Love" by Isaac Asimov. I really enjoyed the story. It corresponded with my beliefs that a person's true love cannot be calculated or known at first glance. Milton and Joe gave it their best to calculate Milton's true love but in the end it didn't work out so well for Milton. And probably won't work out so well for Joe either since he is a computer and Charity might not be too keen on marrying a computer. This story reminds me of commercials that come on TV late at night. The commercials say to text your name and the name of the person you like to a certain number and they'll tell you if you're both meant to be together or not. It is such a joke. How could those predictions possibly be accurate? But as long as there are people gullible enough to fall for it, that company will remain in business. Sad thing is there must be, otherwise those commercials would not come on all the time. Anyway, "True Love" supports my theory that love cannot be bought, predicted or based on looks alone.