Summary Of The Other Women By Gabriellette

People in life strive to be the best. Everyone wants nothing but to be number one. Although, in some situations people have no choice to be nothing but second. In Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s short story called, “The Other Women” is a direct analysis of what it feels like to be second. Characters involved in the stories were Marc (the husband), the first wife , and Alice (the second wife). Throughout reading this piece it is very apparent that the second wife was more concerned about the first wife rather than the fact she is with her man right now. The second wife was not given much information about the other, so this led to much curiosity. The husband was concerned not with just his new wife but himself as well. First, why is are people always so concerned about others rather than themselves? I believe, this is because our brains begin to wonder. Alice let her curiousity get the best of her, and let her mind wonder about the past. I am sure so many questions arose in her head as to what her husband's previous marriage was like. Though, Marc gave Alice some in site into what his previous marriage was like, …show more content…
Some might not like being second, rather they would like to be the first. Also, Marc’s first wife seemed to be very missterious. Her description was as follows, “The woman is white, whose smooth, lustrous hair reflected the light from the sea in azure patches, was smoking a cigarette with her eyes half closed.” It would be easier to be the other, if the first was something not so special. However, due to this statement the first wife seems interesting. If i were to see a women with this description I would be concerned and maybe defensive towards my husband. As well as the previous statement, in the last part of the story it is made out that the wife's are similar. Alice might have not liked that, because it makes her out to be second best. As if she was second choice and not as good, but similar to the