Monday, January 31, 2011
This Blessed House
I always seem to look for the "love" parts in stories and the main part I got was that opposites attract. Clearly Sanjeev and Twinkle were two completely different people brought together by fate. The way they met, I think, was the only way they could've met because of how different they are. Sanjeev is very particular, immaculate, and knows what he wants in life. As for Twinkle, she's very carefree and fun, yet studious. Even though not many people nowadays get married after only knowing each other for 4 months, but it still relates for some people today. Many people get married without really knowing each other. Some will live happily ever after and some will end in divorce. In this case, it was more of a either or could happen. They went through some difficult times already. No matter how small their arguments could've been, to them they were big issues. It seemed that they tried to work them out, but Sanjeev was so stubborn and it was really annoying because Twinkle was so sweet. Even though at first Sanjeev wasn't very understanding, I think most men could learn from him because once he realized this really was important to Twinkle, he compromised with her. But that was only at first, in the end, he was just angry on the inside and wanted nothing to do with any of it. Compromise plays a huge part in a relationship. Twinkle wasn't very sensitive to his feelings either, though. She wanted all the "Christian" things around and she wasn't going to put them up until she had her way. I thought that was a little selfish, but I think she had good reasons behind it. I don't know how long Sanjeev and Twinkle will be together, especially since Sanjeev was already questioning whether he truly loved her or not, but they made it through their first big fight and that showed a lot. It's funny to see how big of opposites can still be attracted to each other and be able to work things out because of love. In this case though, I don't know if their kind of love can withstand each other. Sanjeev doesn't seem willing to work anything out and will remain bitter until he does. All in all, I thought this way a good story and I enjoyed reading it.
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What I like about this story--and what you talk about here--is the way that the characters are portrayed in such nuanced and complex ways--very "realistic" in my view. Then the conflict between them is what makes the story.
ReplyDeleteYou note that Twinkle is somewhat selfish, but otherwise you paint her as an almost entirely "sweet" person. I think that there may be some more heavy and somber in her character than is at first obvious. This may be something worth pondering.
Yea, you're probably right. I'll look more into it and blog about it on my next post.
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