Communication is Key
Marriage, a time of either happiness or despair. The important factor that decides what kind of marriage the couple will have is based on their communication with each other. Many authors have written about the types of marriages people have with each other, but Jill McCorkle’s “Snakes” and George Singleton’s “Pitching Pennies” truly cover the varieties of all marriages. What both McCorkle and Singleton state, is that to have a full martial life together a couple should be able to talk with each other. McCorkle’s “Snakes” tell of how a union stayed together because of their ability to talk with each other. Singleton’s “Pitching Pennies” explains of how a husband and wife separate due to their lack of communication.
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For example, “Every New Year’s Will asks me to promise that I will not buy any fabric or crafty, project-related things. His request always follows mine — that he stop playing a game he calls the death pool…” (McCorkle 165). By speaking with each other, the marriage is still intact due to the effort that they put in it. Like any other marriage, fights and periods of silence happen between Will and the Narrator but the marriage still stays intact. Namely, “Those were the years when our grievances were about each other; they were long and typed and angry and pathetic. The Dark Ages” (166). When a partnership goes through these tough times together, it can be the deciding point in their lives if speaking is not used. These periods do not always mean the end of the relationship, but that a hurdle has been passed together and the relationship is stronger. Will and the speaker have come up with a way that bypasses the fighting and allows for calm and rational talking. Such as, “We turn off the phone, we drink a little bit too much, and we write out our grievances of the past year, read and then burn them” (166). This solution to the fighting keeps others, their children, from being pulled into the
Marriage, a time of either happiness or despair. The important factor that decides what kind of marriage the couple will have is based on their communication with each other. Many authors have written about the types of marriages people have with each other, but Jill McCorkle’s “Snakes” and George Singleton’s “Pitching Pennies” truly cover the varieties of all marriages. What both McCorkle and Singleton state, is that to have a full martial life together a couple should be able to talk with each other. McCorkle’s “Snakes” tell of how a union stayed together because of their ability to talk with each other. Singleton’s “Pitching Pennies” explains of how a husband and wife separate due to their lack of communication.
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For example, “Every New Year’s Will asks me to promise that I will not buy any fabric or crafty, project-related things. His request always follows mine — that he stop playing a game he calls the death pool…” (McCorkle 165). By speaking with each other, the marriage is still intact due to the effort that they put in it. Like any other marriage, fights and periods of silence happen between Will and the Narrator but the marriage still stays intact. Namely, “Those were the years when our grievances were about each other; they were long and typed and angry and pathetic. The Dark Ages” (166). When a partnership goes through these tough times together, it can be the deciding point in their lives if speaking is not used. These periods do not always mean the end of the relationship, but that a hurdle has been passed together and the relationship is stronger. Will and the speaker have come up with a way that bypasses the fighting and allows for calm and rational talking. Such as, “We turn off the phone, we drink a little bit too much, and we write out our grievances of the past year, read and then burn them” (166). This solution to the fighting keeps others, their children, from being pulled into the