How I Met My Husband And Roman Fever Analysis

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Love is an unique feeling that people could describe in so many different ways. Love come from nature and it 's a beautiful thing that connect people. People doesn’t fall in love by their choice. Love come to them by destiny, fate, and specially God’s gift. However, in two stories "How I Met My Husband" and "Roman Fever", it show that love is not always feel good. In the first story, Edie gave her love to an attractive man Chris but finally she end up with her husband who was a mailman. In other hand, Mrs.Ansley from "Roman Fever" felt in love with Mr.Slade, a man who is Mrs.Ansley 's friend ' husband. This two characters both sharing a common about their idea of love, which is loving without regret. They found their love, chasing and waiting …show more content…
When one people fall in love with some one else, they could say that’s the greatest experience of their life if they got response and moving to another level of relationship Or, it will be the worse when that love come to end, an prohibited love, sided love, unrequited love. For the first story, Edie met Chris when she noticed him was watching her throw the screen. Eventhough the impression of Edie have for Chris wasn’t much. “I couldn’t see what he looked like”, “I only knew he wasn’t from around here.” But they felt in love with each other. Later on, Edie found out that Chris had engagement with his fiancé Alice already, she still loves Chris and doesn’t want to give up her love on him. She lived her life days by days waiting for Chris’s letter after he gone. Her hope is strong the the love she have is big. But one day, she realize Chris’s letter won come no matter what. She chose to marry with a mailman who is always there. That’s a save choice. It look like Edie doesn’t love Chris anymore and ready to move on. In the last sentence of the story “He always tells the children the story of how I went after him by sitting by the mailbox every day, and naturally I laugh and let him, because I like for people to think what pleases them and makes them happy.” So, the truth about if she still remember about Chris, no one will

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