The Hand

pg. 282-284

1. The setting is in a bedroom of a married couple, it's an intimate setting, at the end they are eating a meal together, which symbolizes community.
2. She had just met him the month before, he has blonde hair, handsome, good at tennis and rowing and recently widowed.
3. She thinks it is strong and protective, when the electric jolt comes and the hand starts to spasm when she is laying next to him. She's starting to see a part of them that she hasn't really focused on before.
4. Makes you wonder about what has been going on before she met him, she is pretty naive and makes the reader feel like there is something beneath the surface of the story.
1. "Recently widowed"
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2. Beginning a life of two sides of herself, to give in, marriage unity
3. Goes from living with her parents to living with a man whom she's only known for a month, his hand is as big as her head and he's very strong. stronger than many people that she's encountered before.
4. By her kissing the hand, she faces her fear head on and kisses it, also it shows that she is going to be more submissive.
5. The hand symbolizes control because she feels as if she should apologize to the hand, symbolizes the marriage itself because she is saying it's strong and beautiful how people come together, then at the end she sees that is is more strong and it is going to hold power over her throughout the relationship.