Reading Response Q#1

RRQ#1:

There are many messages on romantic and friendship that we can take out of the stories the authors describe. First, how hard it is for men and women to understand each other and, as hard as we've been trying trough the years no one can deny it could be a pain in the neck to deal with someone who just don't get it. Also, how this stories are a reflect of the societies they're based on. Relationship in general are hard to understand, since the ancient times characters like ovid and others had tried to figure them out. In this particular case, the authors are just describing or story telling, but there is a deep meaning behind of what it seems like just a casual story. 

It is hard to understand women and men. In the story of "Hills like elephants" The American and the girl had little or no communication with each other, considering the waiting time for the train was forty five minutes the story was impressively short and was lengthen more by random actions the characters played with the setting, The interaction between the characters has a cold tone, yet comfortable due to the fact that they have been together for enough time to build a strong bonds and feelings for each other. They are comfortable, and there is lots of honesty and trust. However, as much as they can say with their words their tone and the drinking says a lot more about how destroyed and misserable the relationship really was. The American is not appreciative as the girl is. Therefore, he could barley see what she sees. The girl has also the similar case when it comes to listening to the man, changes the subject without the man noticing and he just keep talking as if he is talking to a wall. Their relationship deteriorated because the connection the had at one time fall apart. 

Similar to this, story is the one of Magda and the Domenican man. His cynicism in life is just incredible, though he cheated on his woman he is not showing weak emotions or remorse. Yet as the characters are apparently back together and he gets under the illusion of having her back, he tries by many means to hold her on his side doing subtle bribes. Women as men are human beings, they can decide what they want to do with their lives, and that makes their relationship even harder to understand. Each gender is a whole different world, yet in the same universe.

Relationships between men and women are kind of like a pull push games, the authors might wanted to make the readers aware that there are some things that are normal but just for being normal doesn't mean they are righteous.