Character Analysis and Religious Symbolism in Greenberg's
             >From the beginning of her career, Joanne Greenberg has excelled in creating thoughtful characters fighting to portray their independent spirit. (Hallsworth, 2) And Sarah Laughed is a short story of the lives of an unlikely couple who are living worlds apart despite the fact that they have been happily married for the past 25 years. Greenberg, whose writing incorporates a religious symbolism, pens a touching story that takes readers on a journey with a stubborn, yet loving women who reaches a level of serenity and acceptance as she bravely "places her hand out" into a new found world of expression.
             Greenberg's device of writing, through literary techniques, allow And Sarah Laughed to surpass the length of detail needed to make a story such as this appealing, subsequently describing the relationship of this unique household. Her depiction of the characters as a seemingly ordinary couple, separated by lack of words, is more substantial for her purpose-writing a short story based upon the impact of their lives have on each other. Thus, the comparison of actually living with the inability to hear or living with a person who has the inability to hear is introduced. She does not halt progress in her work with excessive ramblings. The criteria for Greenberg's work seem to be that of telling stories that relate to "problems of the less fortunate". As a member of the National Association for the Deaf, Greenberg obviously wants this simple story to be that of understanding and acceptance. Perhaps, a lesson that readers may take with them about true love, the goodness of chan!
             Sarah is represented as a hard working mother to Abel and a loving, patient wife to Matthew. As she anxiously awaits his homecoming accompanied by his new bride, she is worried whether or not she will be good enough for her son, what her motivations were for marry...