Ava Wreden - James by Ava Wreden https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob en-us 2021-04-19 16:25:05 UTC 2026-01-19 15:35:21 UTC hello@padlet.com "It was too much luck. He feared the day the universe would notice he wasn't supposed to haver her and take her away. Or that she might Suddenly realize her mistake and disappear from his life as suddenly as she had entered" (Ng 46) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1434025829 James feels like he does not deserve Marilyn. To him, she is perfect, almost like an angel. At this time James is in love with Marilyn. He is obsessed with her and is afraid of loosing her. He would do anything to keep her.]]> 2021-04-19 16:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1434025829 "... and James slapped him, so hard Nath's teeth rattled. 'Shut up about that nonsense,' he said. 'How could you think about things like that when -" (Ng 134) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448182107 After Marylin disappeared, James felt guilty and believed his wife was gone for good. He was angry at himself for loosing her. This anger overtook James and caused him to hit his son. This event where Marilyn leaves her family behind will forever change the way they love each other. James is starting to drift away from loving Marilyn.]]> 2021-04-22 16:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448182107 "'And then you went and married me.' He chokes out a laugh. 'What a disappointment.' ... 'You have no idea what it's like, being different'' (Ng 242) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203031 Marilyn is confronting James about having an affair. Marilyn tells James how her mother always warned her about guys like him. Her mom always said she would regret marrying him. The whole argument is about them regretting getting married. James seems to hate Marilyn, he is ignorant of Marilyn's problems.]]> 2021-04-22 16:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203031 "It has been so long since he thought of his wife as a creature of want... At this moment he can think only one thing: how was it possible, he wonders, to have been so wrong" (Ng 251-251) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203390 For so long, James did not see his wife like a person. He forgot she had feeling and was living her own life. He spent so much time thinking about everything wrong in his life, he didn't make time to think about what her life was like. He couldn't understand how Marilyn, a white woman, would face  discrimination. He refused to understand what Marilyn was going through. ]]> 2021-04-22 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203390 "Back then, on his daughter's birthday, James would have laughed at the very idea; the thought of anyone other than Marilyn in his bed, in his life, was preposterous" (Ng 240) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203679 Lydia's death tore apart the family. Before it happened, James would have never cheated on his wife. This sudden change, life without Lydia, destroyed James and Marilyn's relationship. James had cheated on his wife, which he once was obsessed with and would do anything to keep.]]> 2021-04-22 16:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1448203679 "James will never talk to Louisa again, and he will be ashamed of this for as long as he lives, Later, slowly, they will piece together the things that have never been said" (Ng 282) aw4642 https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1460399623 After James drives to Toledo, he comes back to his family. In his drive, he finally realized how he had treated Marilyn, how she never got to finish college, how she never became a doctor, how she gave up her life to take care of their kids. He finally sympathizes with his wife. For the first time in a while, they sleep together like how they slept when they first meet. ]]> 2021-04-26 16:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aw4642/bkr82vvsfgl9qwob/wish/1460399623