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In the beginning of the story Bill and Mary are in love but because of a disagreement didn’t speak with each other. Mary went off and married another man, which left Bill bitter. Years later they meet and it seems as if there is uneasiness between them. Most likely because of the way everything between them ended so suddenly. Each of them speaks of their families and jobs. Mary seems to be disappointed when she hears about Bill’s wife and children. They both invite each other o
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For Bill on the other hand, I think he got over Mary much easier than she got over him.
The setting also has an effect on the story. I think
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this represents that Mary doesn’t want to forget Bill. They may have also split up because of their age differences. It seems as though Bill had a big impact on her life. Mary may have thought she was too old for Bill and therefore, too mature for him also. This leaves everything unresolved, the way it was after they had separated when they were younger. I’m assuming this is a pretty big place with lots of people everywhere. She wants him to be a part of her life forever and by naming her son after him, she can always have something to remember him by. I also think that the temperature and time of day have an effect. Maybe she realized after she married another man, that she still loved Bill. It doesn’t seem like she has moved on completely from her previous relationship with Bill. In the story, it states that she is ‘desperately reaching back into the past’.
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