Food And Eating Short Story

Register to read the introduction… The narrator states that he has a regular face, with thick hair with white strands here and there. He has short well cared for hands. Throughout the entire story we can see that Marc, the husband, tries to take control of the situation in the restaurant. He does this by tightening his grip on Alice's, choosing where to sit, ordering their food, and commenting on Alice weight gain. “And you’ve put on weight since you’ve been traveling…. It’s nice up to a point, but only to a point!” (Lim, Spencer 525) The author devoted a lot of this short story to the food and eating. Marc ordering Alice’s food shows his authority. He does not order her food like a husband who just knows what his wife like. He displays his wealth by mentioning his chauffeur and by the way he ordered the food. “My chauffeur will be having lunch also, well be leaving again at two o’clock. Some cider? No, I don’t trust it… Dry champagne”(Lim, Spencer 525). Marc ‘s presence intimidates the waiter. The waiter was perspiring and overworked. Marc did not say hello to the waiter or acknowledge him. He only gives her two options Marc is superficially in control because Alice allows him to be. Marc evens contradicts the narrator. “Gazed at the colorless midday sea, at the pearly white sky…”(Lim, Spencer 525). “ And the blue water makes your eyes look green”(Lim, Spencer 525) Marc is open with Alice and does not lie to her. He tells her that his first wife was in the restaurant sitting by the window. He also expresses his failure to satisfy his first wife, which led to their divorce. He is open with his wife and tells her that his ex-wife is sitting by the window. He shows how he is a gentleman by expressing this to Alice. Marc does not respect Alice. He also tells Alice that he was unable to satisfy his former wife. “I just didn’t know hot to make her happy, that’s all. I didn’t know how”(Lim, Spencer 526). To him a wife is a commodity. “Many very wealthy …show more content…
The two wives are foil characters. The other wife is a silent character in this story, we only catch glimpses of her, but it is enough to realize the power she had left on the husband. Alice thinks this other woman is superior to her. The woman in white is called the other wife in the title instead of the ex-wife. This shows the connection this woman has on the couple. The last word superior reflects back over the whole story and indeed over the whole imagined life between Marc and this woman in white. There is a mystery about her and another mystery in the way one woman regards another woman who is connected with the same man. The two women share an unnoticeable