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"Great Falls"


            
             This story written by Richard Ford deals with the issue of dissolution of the marriage institution. It is the story about an ambiguous relationship of two people that was doomed from the very beginning of its existence. The story about the marriage, torn apart by the infidelity of one of the bedfellows.
             From the very beginning of the story the relationship of Jack Russell and Mrs. Russell is narrated as being devoid of the real emotional commitment. In addition, they do not have many things in common. As narrator states, Mr. Russell tended to choose "what he liked to do", without approval of his wife. Therefore his taking job in Great Falls, renting farmhouse, or going for hunting games were actions done for his pleasure rather than his wife. Mrs. Russell on her part chose a "young and wonderful looking man", two years younger than her. The narrator goes even further saying that she married Mr. Russell because "she thought they could leave the sticks and see the world together." "That was the life she wanted, even before she knew much about wanting anything else or about the future." Despite the fact that they both live together and have son Jackie, they are not satisfied with their relationship. Their marriage became just a marriage and nothing more. It lacks any form of a companionate love, with deep, affectionate attachment.
             Narrator shows that Russells have no way of figuring out how to mutually give emotional support for each other. Even promoting and caring about one another's welfare seems to be a distant idea for one another. Moreover, and important ingredient of relationship -intimacy, is not present between them. The cold between them killed whatever existed between them. The narrator shows us that their lives are not intertwined to the degree that would help them to fight the futility of their relationship. .
             Through Jackie's eyes we see his parents dyeing marriage as a process of predetermined collapse of the relationship.


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