The Breaking Point Of Divorce In Marriage By Melanie Sumner

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In the short story “Marriage" by Melanie Sumner, milk scum is the breaking point of the Husband and Wife’s marriage. Divorce is clear when reading the imposters endings as well as the real ending because the real ending connects to the message or lesson of this story. It is quite apparent through the Wife’s explanation to the counselor that she is very annoyed with her Husband’s action of putting his empty milk glass on the counter day in and day out. Her severe frustration is over something simple. If something that simple can be the breaking point, than divorce is inevitable. The message is, it is important to not sweat the small things. The message became as clear cut as a diamond ring because ending B was a reflection of the story as a whole. Even as a reader without having the final sentence, there was a sense of awe when reading the counselor’s final sentence.
He will never, never stop drinking that glass of milk before he goes to bed, and he will never rinse it out. There is absolutely nothing you
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The assumed flaw is the scenario [E] gives. The husband is clearly stubborn. It appears he gets some satisfaction from irritating his wife. When he sits in the meeting, he has a “pleasant expression…”. In the scenario ending [E] gives, it can be assumed that he would leave the jug out to continue to irritate his wife or even go out and buy more glasses. Throwing out all the glasses would not solve anything and divorce would still be the outcome. That is why it is clear that ending [B] is most suitable. Similar to [D], ending [F] does not share the same style as the rest of the story. This is evident because this ending states "the wife asked". Never does the author state who is talking first. There is usually a description and it can either be assumed who is talking from context clues or the speaker is placed at the end. The description, such as, “asked the counselor" is placed at the end instead of the

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