Where did it all go wrong?
Do we fall out of key
On this twisted love song,
Or is it just me
The love use to be great
Seemed like ecstasy
But my heart in a saddened state
Or is it just me
You pushed away
Since we never could agree
With this I have no need to stay
Or is it just me
I know this is going to hurt you
But I can’t be held back by your pleas
Even though I will miss you too
Or is it just me
So now this marks the end
And I don’t want to sound cruel
I will still want to be your friend
But I think its no just me, its also you.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monthly Connection
In The Awakening, Kate Chopin makes a social commentary on how Edna was trapped by her society into a marriage that she did not want to be in and how her love should be able to set her free. I am not going to argue that social commentary (you are spared Ms. Demers) but the book, if taken into today’s time period, raises a different societal question, the ruin of the institution of marriage. In so many movies, books, and television shows, marriage is beaten down over romantic affairs and cheaters never get their just desserts. Edna, if taken out of her social commentary, was a cheater and is a perfect example of what is wrong with the country today.
Many problems can be blamed on the lack of respect for the union of marriage. Economic troubles have direct correlation with marriage status. In New York City, there is a divorce rate of 75%, and that was taken a few years ago so it may very well be higher. Education of children suffers if a child does not have both parents at home to pull attention from and get help because if a child has problems at home, then there is no use trying to educate said child. Many murders can be blamed on cheating wives and husbands. All these problems are because not too many people are left that care to work through a marriage and take the union as serious as it is.
Edna married because she felt that was her only choice, though it wasn’t, and because she married not for love and complete devotion, her marriage failed and she ended up killing herself for it. Marriage to the government may just be a legal relationship and a tying of bank accounts and medical consent, but marriage in the real world should, and was, a union of two people who were completely devoted to each other and till death do they part. Today, marriage is just done on a whim and if it doesn’t work, then people get divorce, tearing the children apart and ruining a chance at a normal life. Women have many different choices than get married.
Many problems can be blamed on the lack of respect for the union of marriage. Economic troubles have direct correlation with marriage status. In New York City, there is a divorce rate of 75%, and that was taken a few years ago so it may very well be higher. Education of children suffers if a child does not have both parents at home to pull attention from and get help because if a child has problems at home, then there is no use trying to educate said child. Many murders can be blamed on cheating wives and husbands. All these problems are because not too many people are left that care to work through a marriage and take the union as serious as it is.
Edna married because she felt that was her only choice, though it wasn’t, and because she married not for love and complete devotion, her marriage failed and she ended up killing herself for it. Marriage to the government may just be a legal relationship and a tying of bank accounts and medical consent, but marriage in the real world should, and was, a union of two people who were completely devoted to each other and till death do they part. Today, marriage is just done on a whim and if it doesn’t work, then people get divorce, tearing the children apart and ruining a chance at a normal life. Women have many different choices than get married.
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