John F Kennedy The Contest Analysis

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Vallery’s Ending of “The Contest” by John F. Kennedy I yell at Elaine, “I Don’t want to have anything to do with you or your perverted friends. Ooohh, Get away from me! You’re horrible” (David 8). I cannot believe he would treat me as if I was a game or something. And how he played that nasty game with his friends. What kind of people are they to talk about… about masturbation like it was some kind of normal conversation. I am too hysterical of the way he played me to do anything at the moment. As I am t crying to catch a cab, I see this young buff man looking for someone. I pay no mind to him because I cannot think of anything besides what a horrible night I have had. All I want to do is go home. The man across the way that I saw just a few moments ago is now looking at me with a concerned look. We both realize we are staring at each other and make eye contact; I guess he figured that was his cue to walk over to me and ask me if I was okay. I reply to him, “Not really, the guy I thought was to be the one is a …show more content…
He brings over my glass of wine and grabs the remote from the television stand, and sits down. We sip on the wine and have small conversation until we have nothing more to talk about. We sat silently watching the T.V. until I feel his arm go around me. My stomach has butterflies in it now. I am nervous but I decide to scoot back and get comfortable with him. I guess I can’t get hurt by a man anymore than I already have. A few moments later he looks at me and I look at him and our eyes meet. He brings his hand up to my face and tells me, “I am so glad I met you tonight. You have made my night wonderful just by getting to spend it with you.” Then he kissed me. And after that I don’t know what happened to myself about wanting to make sure the person was the right one. It just felt so right at the moment. After it was over, I told him, “Ooh John. That was wonderful” (David

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