5. Evaluate Chirs Watters as a potential husband for Edie. Does her evaluation of him differ from the reader's?
Although the story is told from Edie's older, more mature persona, the reader still gets the sense that Edie remains to see Chris in a younger and naive light, a potential relationship that unfortunately never happened. Edie fails to see Chris as we, the reader, see him. Well at least the way I seen him. Chris is a veteran from the war (WWII) where he used to fly, and now he takes people up in his plane; however, once he gets tired of a particular spot, he flies on to continue his "hobby" elsewhere. As an informed reader, I can see this as a manifestation of Chris' sense of restlessness following the traumatic fighting in the war. He continuously avoids his girlfriend (and his past life along with her) as if he is searching for meaning in life. To me, this is a clear sign of a man incapable of supporting a normal family or any family at all really. Edie, though, sees only the handsome war hero who can fly a plane and smooth talks his way into her pants. Because of this, she waits by the mailbox everyday for a letter from him. The letter of course won't come, and it takes her much longer to realize this than the reader.
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