In D.H. Lawrence's story, "The Blind Man," a man realizes what life is all about. Through the help of three very strong characters, Maurice, the blind man, figures out that you never realize all you have until something is taken away from you. Today, people take things for granted. Whether it be a person or an ability, they never begin to understand the worth and and meaning of peoples actions until they are denied the right to take these certain things. Lawrence does a great job stating these facts.
             In this short story, Lawrence describes the difficulties that Isabel sometimes has to go through. She often feels as though she would like to escape from the world and just have her husband for herself. Although, Isabel in this story really doesn't like her life she is very much in desperate love with her husband and there relationship. However, Maurice in the story let out moods that had depressed Isabel. But this was taking too much out of Isabel, she often felt as though there was nothing she could do.
             And sometimes he had devastating fits of depression-a black
             misery, when his own life was a torture to him, and when his
             presence was unbearable to his wife. The dread went down to
             the roots of her soul as these black days reoccurred..... She
             When Maurice had devastating fits of depression, she felt the pain deep inside her. It was almost as if she was trapped inside this life that was sometimes pleasant and sometimes unbearable. She wanted to escape. However, did she want to escape forever, or just until this depression had run its course? Isabel seemed content in her life, she just felt it difficult to watch her husband experience such depressions.
             Isabel felt very split apart between two men--Maurice and Bertie. Bertie was a good friend foe Isabel's. He was a relative of hers and throughout her whole life he had been a brother figure to her. She had
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