After having a difficult situation in her house, Rita couldn’t hand in the essay Frank has asked her to write about.
Her husband feels jealous about her going to University so he burns Frank’s books and what she has written.
Frank thinks it is better to talk about Rita and her husband’s problems so he considers the possibility of missing the class for this time and goes together to have a drink at the pub but Rita refuses to go. She does not want to go to the pub but goes on learning.
I believe that one of the reasons she does not want to go for a drink is that she does not want to waste time in talking about Denny, her husband. He hurts her in the way that he is meddling with her things, which make her happy and which she is determined to continue. Although he has burnt Frank’s books and her essay, she knows that what she has already known is hers and nobody can touch or burn it, fortunately.
Another reason she won’t go to the pub could be because she may do it with her husband and it is precisely what she does not want to for her life, because the fact of going there would not feed her inside. She feels alive now she finds out what she really likes doing.
If I were Rita, I would think: “please, let me be, Denny”.
If I were Rita, I would think: “please, let me be, Denny”.
2 comments:
Hi Gi,
I agree in what you said aboutthe reasons why Rita did want to go to the pub with Denny. She thinks he suffocates her, that he does not let her be.
What I´ve realised is that she thinks she cannot learn anything outside Frank´s studio and this is the sort of knowledge Rita underestimates. She´s learnt from experience, but she ignores this. I think she should become aware of this and take advantage of it. Don´t you think?
Denny is not just "feeling jealous", Giyo... He's just realised Rita has selfishly been cheating on him for half a year, making him believe they still had a project together when she's simply been thinking of herself and her dreams... Don't you have any sympathy for him?
It's interesting to think education might have helped these two find a way to better interact with each other and perhaps negotiate a common path, or at least prevent their hurting each other so badly...Now you say working on that would seem a waste of time to Rita, who's only interested in "Literature"... It's apparent Frank disagrees... And you? Who do you side with at this stage?
Best,
Gladyse
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