I do not think that I can simply talk myself out of love, for love is an ancient instinct to find a mate, and one does not have much control over such ancient and primal desires such as love. I do not believe I have much control over love, since it is as ancient as evolution itself, and such new concepts such as “control” simply cannot compare to the magnitude of such a primal …show more content…
He told me that he actually fell in love with her first, but since she was married, he became engaged to her sister. I wonder why uncle Nathan didn’t ask her out.
Dobson: Delia was just the prettiest little girl back in Manitoba, I instantly fell for her. I bought her everything she ever wanted, though she doesn’t seem to care much. Since we moved here, she’s been acting differently, I hope the moving hasn’t unsettled her.
Delia decided to ride the pony despite it being potentially unsafe, Dobson warned her against it, but, since she did not like being told what to do, it only made her more determined. After she got on the pony, it bucked around until Delia fell off. The author uses this event to further Delia’s personality as a free spirit, someone who dislikes being controlled.
I believe that Delia realizes that Nathan purposely saved her over Eunice, and that, in addition to the trauma having her die, caused Eunice to want to leave as soon as possible to leave all those bad memories behind. I believe that it means that Eudice doesn’t want to be the thing that block Nathan’s and Delia’s love, shutting off light from their love affair, and that instead, she wants them both to get it under control and go back to their respective spouses (or spouse-to-be in the case of