Group 5 the relationship

Male point of view - His relationship to her:

“But his wife said ‘Who is that letter from, my dear?’ and that was the end of the beginning of that.” [page 11 line 13-14]. 

·       *   It can never be an ultimate relationship because his focus is materialized. 

“Love is a dunghill” [page 5, in the middle]  

“I have never loved anyone else the way I love you… He slipped into the familiar lie.” [Page 43, end]

Iceberg theory:  Seems perfect, but it is no way near

·         Sacrificed his talent by material pleasures offered by Helen.

“this rich bitch, this kindly caretaker and destroyer of his talent. Nonsense. He had destroyed his talent himself. Why should he blame this woman because she kept him well? He had destroyed his talent by not using it, by betrayals of himself and what he believed in, by drinking so much that he blunted the edge of his perceptions, by laziness, by sloth, and by snobbery, by pride and be prejudice, by hook and by crook. “

·         -  Self-knowledge 

Female point of view - Her relationship to him:

Disaster relationship: - Her need for confirmation is not for filed.

“That’s not fair. I love you now. I’ll always love you. Don’t you love me? “.  “No, said the man. I don’t think so. I never have. ” [page 5, end]

“But his wife said ‘Who is that letter from, my dear?’ and that was the end of the beginning of that.” [page 11 line 13-14].