In the story "Death By Scrabble", A 42 year old man and his wife are playing a game of scrabble, in the game which ever word is played the event happens. The game starts off with the word BEGIN, his wife plays JIXNED, the game goes back and forth taking turns between the husband and wife. The husband then plays "CHEATING" as the wife plays "IGNORE" the husband plays "EXPLODES" and the air conditioning unit falls. The couple goes back and forth making words. Lastly the husband plays "QUAKE" thinking he had won, the wife places "DEATH". She watches her husband on the floor dying.
The husband is interpreted in the beginning as a 42 year old grouchy man who is unsatisfied with his wife. He reveals to us in the beginning that he doesn't like Sunday afternoons or his wife, he would much rather …show more content…
"If she wasn't around I would be doing something interesting right now. I'd be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. I'd be staring at the latest Hollywood blockbuster. He finds it satisfying when his wife has something bad done to her. I'd be sailing the Vendee Globe on a 60ft clipper called the New Horizons, I don't know I'd be doing something" (Fish 1). This shows to me that the husband isn't fond of his wife and would rather be anywhere than with her. NEED MORE TO ADD!!
The theme of the story is life versus death, both of the characters feed off of the fact that they want to end one another. This theme is revealed as the scrabble game goes on and each player tries to cause the other torture. One might even say the husband would rather die than have to deal with himself. The husband explains how his wife ruins his social life. "I don't think I've spoken to anyone but my wife since Thursday morning" (Fish 1). This is
The husband is interpreted in the beginning as a 42 year old grouchy man who is unsatisfied with his wife. He reveals to us in the beginning that he doesn't like Sunday afternoons or his wife, he would much rather …show more content…
"If she wasn't around I would be doing something interesting right now. I'd be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. I'd be staring at the latest Hollywood blockbuster. He finds it satisfying when his wife has something bad done to her. I'd be sailing the Vendee Globe on a 60ft clipper called the New Horizons, I don't know I'd be doing something" (Fish 1). This shows to me that the husband isn't fond of his wife and would rather be anywhere than with her. NEED MORE TO ADD!!
The theme of the story is life versus death, both of the characters feed off of the fact that they want to end one another. This theme is revealed as the scrabble game goes on and each player tries to cause the other torture. One might even say the husband would rather die than have to deal with himself. The husband explains how his wife ruins his social life. "I don't think I've spoken to anyone but my wife since Thursday morning" (Fish 1). This is