Thursday, July 12, 2012
Who Will She Choose?
Mr. Lawrence Selden and Mr. Percy Gryce. Which one will Miss Bart choose? As I continue to read The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton I notice that Lily Bart has two men that she is interested in. She says that she is going to go for Mr. Gryce, but somehow Mr. Selden is always popping up in her mind. Lily "is like a water-plant in the flux of the tides, and today the whole current of her mood was carrying her toward Lawrence Selden" (Wharton, 42). This simile that Wharton uses really explains how fast Lily can go from Mr. Gryce to Mr. Selden. One day she is leaning more toward Mr. Gryce and the next she could be wanting the company of Mr. Selden. All of this makes me wonder who she might pick or end up with in the end. I feel like she likes Mr. Selden more ( that is why he always creeps into her mind), but she would like to be with Mr. Gryce in the end because he seems like the perfect man. I believe that she wants to go with her head and keep trying to win over Mr. Gryce. However, I think that she should go with her heart and keep trying to keep Mr. Selden close. At this point I do not know what is going to happen with Lily and these men, but I am very curious to find out.
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