Jealousy: The Destroyer of Relationships.
It is difficult for a great majority of people to maintain a lasting relationship .
in this particular day and age. There are so many obstacles that couples must .
struggle to overcome in order for their relationships to survive. Examples of such .
obstacles include being unfaithful, lack of communication, the inability to .
compromise and jealousy. Of the examples listed, jealousy can quite possibly be the .
most damaging to relationships. Jealousy will destroy relationships and can also .
destroy people-literally and physically.
In Robert Olen Butler's "Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot," the .
husband was constantly jealous of anyone his wife associated with and was .
obsessed with the idea that she had cheated on him. This obsession eventually led .
to his death and his apparent reincarnation as a parrot. There was absolutely no .
evidence that the wife had been unfaithful because the only evidence the husband .
ever revealed was that she was cheating on him with a guy in the shipping .
department, all based on the fact that "three times she"d mentioned him." (1595) .
This is not enough evidence to conclude her guilt. In fact, the wife was not .
unfaithful to her husband and it can easily be proved by the statements and actions .
of the husband.
First of all, although the husband went to the alleged lover's house, he never .
mentioned seeing his wife's car there. His jealousy eventually led to his untimely .
death and continued even after death. One noticeable piece of evidence to support .
the wife's faithfulness is that the husband was admittedly jealous of everyone his .
wife had any association with. When the husband became a bird, he continued .
telling about being jealous and said that when he saw the guy in the pet store .
approach his wife that he wanted the guy to get close enough so that he might "take .
off the tip of his finger." (1595) This shows that the husband was violently jealous .