i think this one's my favourite.
and i love reading the discussions about the meaning of it all.
i think this is a sad but beautiful story about a typical couple with their issues. and their story is an example for us and also a warning not to let ourselves do this.
he's a husband who cares for her but doesn't know how to stop her from destroying them both. he just lets her do it by giving her more time. and his meaning of the sentences 'they build buildings so tall these days' is the optimistic one as if nothing is impossible, she will get over it.
she's a woman with the problem that is making their perfect relationship not so perfect. and she knows that, and she's ashamed of it, and she begs for time like in time it will get better. but in sentence 'they build buildings so tall these days' her conscience is warning her. i found two meanings in this sentence when she's saying it: either they build to high expectations for her or that she realizes this high buildings can also easily fall down.
there's no end to this story, it doesn't matter do they break up or die. that listing of the words 'drove, time, home' etc is like rewinding whole story all over again and again like it's repeating, like a routine.
and i think that sentence ' time is not given and time is not taken, it just sifts through its sift' is a warning from narrator (or regina) not to let ourselves get taken over the same routine and think that things would get better in time, because time is not something you would want to waste. that sentence is like the point of the story.
i just love her! :))
this is pretty much exactly how i read it.
with all the wonderful things people can do, he tells himself, in technology, medicine, architecture etc. Surely there must be a cure!
surely it must be doable to make her stop drinking! when she wants to stop, and he wants her to stop?
And yet it repeats itself again and again endlessly, till its almost a parody of the original story- so well known you dont even need to tell the details, just 'He was a husband drove time, Home, time, car Oh core' etc.
this is pretty much exactly how i read it.
with all the wonderful things people can do, he tells himself, in technology, medicine, architecture etc. Surely there must be a cure!
surely it must be doable to make her stop drinking! when she wants to stop, and he wants her to stop?
And yet it repeats itself again and again endlessly, till its almost a parody of the original story- so well known you dont even need to tell the details, just 'He was a husband drove time, Home, time, car Oh core' etc.
And she asks for time like...
And she asks for time like it would be a magical solution. Like 'getting time' is what will help. But time in itself fixes nothing and that will keep going whether he 'gives' it or not. I think its hinted that they will keep doing this dance till one of them dies
i think this one's my favourite. and i love reading the discussions about the meaning of it all. i think this is a sad but beautiful story about a typical couple with their issues. and their story is an example for us and also a warning not to let ourselves do this. he's a husband who cares for her but doesn't know how to stop her from destroying them both. he just lets her do it by giving her more time. and his meaning of the sentences 'they build buildings so tall these days' is the optimistic one as if nothing is impossible, she will get over it. she's a woman with the problem that is making their perfect relationship not so perfect. and she knows that, and she's ashamed of it, and she begs for time like in time it will get better. but in sentence 'they build buildings so tall these days' her conscience is warning her. i found two meanings in this sentence when she's saying it: either they build to high expectations for her or that she realizes this high buildings can also easily fall down. there's no end to this story, it doesn't matter do they break up or die. that listing of the words 'drove, time, home' etc is like rewinding whole story all over again and again like it's repeating, like a routine. and i think that sentence ' time is not given and time is not taken, it just sifts through its sift' is a warning from narrator (or regina) not to let ourselves get taken over the same routine and think that things would get better in time, because time is not something you would want to waste. that sentence is like the point of the story. i just love her! :))
this is pretty much exactly how i read it. with all the wonderful things people can do, he tells himself, in technology, medicine, architecture etc. Surely there must be a cure! surely it must be doable to make her stop drinking! when she wants to stop, and he wants her to stop? And yet it repeats itself again and again endlessly, till its almost a parody of the original story- so well known you dont even need to tell the details, just 'He was a husband drove time, Home, time, car Oh core' etc.
this is pretty much exactly how i read it. with all the wonderful things people can do, he tells himself, in technology, medicine, architecture etc. Surely there must be a cure! surely it must be doable to make her stop drinking! when she wants to stop, and he wants her to stop? And yet it repeats itself again and again endlessly, till its almost a parody of the original story- so well known you dont even need to tell the details, just 'He was a husband drove time, Home, time, car Oh core' etc.
And she asks for time like...
And she asks for time like it would be a magical solution. Like 'getting time' is what will help. But time in itself fixes nothing and that will keep going whether he 'gives' it or not. I think its hinted that they will keep doing this dance till one of them dies