When she says “They look like white elephants”, his response is just that “I’ve never seen one”. It seems as if he doesn’t concern about her comment, and he doesn’t look like he is interested in talking with her. He feels a little annoyed to her because he doesn’t want to talk about that. However, he changes his attitude a little after they talk about their pro-born baby,.
Then, he recommends that she take an operation to get rid of the baby. His attitude is very direct at that time. As soon as the topic comes up, he tells his opinion quickly. In addition, he insists his opinion quite strongly. He says “It’s the only thing that’s made us unhappy.
I think he just pretends to not interested in talking with the girl because he knows they would talk about this topic (abortion or not) some time, and the girl has a different opinion with him.
He changes his opinion from getting the abortion to not getting the abortion if she really doesn’t want even though he actually wants she has the abortion. Moreover, he actually stops talking when she asks him. He shows a little weak figure. He is concerned about her feeling compared to his former figure.
In my opinion, he changes be warm to her.
I can see that you put some effort into this story, Hong. I would like to request that you introduce the story by title and author's name in the body of the blogpost, though. Equally important is the necessity for a topic sentence/thesis statement so that the reader knows what you are going to discuss. Also, you should avoid indenting when writing online (as opposed to writing for physical essays on paper), but I'm very pleased that you do know how to indent!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I don't think the man changes his attitude. When he says “if you don't want you don't have to”, it gives pressure to the girl on the other way. I think Nathan just talked about this in the class, but I forgot the word…..
ReplyDeleteThe man in the story is "manipulative."
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