Sunday, March 8, 2009

Life Class Post 3

The book is progressing along nicley and our charactor's Paul and Tereasa seem to be devopling at a rapid rate. Paul and Tereasa are left along by Elinor and Neville and decide to head to a cafe for dinner. They talk the night away and we learn about Terea's unfortunate past and abusive husband. She states, "You get cowed. You can't do anything. Always being told what an ugly, useless, slut you are"(30). Tereasa's past is filled with many bad memories, abuse, and torment. I like how with chapter really gives insight to her past because we are able to better understand what her actions are in the future and what kind of things might have motiviated these actions. Not only are we seeing a whole new side of Tereasa in this chapter but also the feelings between Tereasa and and paul seems to get more personal. Paul is very attracticted to Tereasa and she seems to be harboring simialr feelings for him as well. Thier relationpship is progressing and Pauls affection is demostrated whe he says, "It was exciting just to be walking down the street with her, to match his stride to hers, to feel her hand nesling in the crook of his elbow" (30).  This passage reveals how Paul is becoming enamored with Tereasa. I hope that thier relationship continues to blossum. She could really use a stable and loving man such as Paul seems to be.

2 comments:

Kristen H said...

Though I haven't read "Life Class"/I don't even really know what it's about, the first quote is powerful and gives an understanding of Tereasa. Everyone's actions are affected by what happened in their past, and and understanding of one's past helps to understand their actions. Tereasa seems like she needs help finding herself, and hopefully Paul (who seems like a loving man) can help her do that!

Laney said...

Well Sam,this sounds like an interesting book! Tereasa seems to be an unfortunate yet common situation; having a past abusive husband. I can't imagine the amount of damage he has caused her to make her recall him saying, "You can't do anything. Always being told what an ugly, useless, slut you are". Such a sad plot but like Kristen said, I hope Paul can heal her with his loving personality that has been shown so far.