The story argues this very point. Love is interpreted in different ways and this is represented by the relationships of Nick and Laura and Mel and Terri. How it differs from one another, by simple gestures, tones and the level of respect that is shown. Mel has the strongest opinion of love, as narrator states “Mel Mcginnis is a cardiologist, and sometimes that gives him the right.” (Carver 170) Despite the fact that Mel is a heart doctor he doesn’t know much more than anyone else on the subject of love. He constantly disagrees with his wife Terri, who believed that before she got with Mel a man by the name of Ed who try to kill her, loved her. Mel was convinced that Ed was crazy because of the threats and punishment evoked upon Terri yet she
