Chapter one and two of the Book “A Grief Observed” talks about C.S. Lewis, the author, In the process of grieving for his wife, who died of cancer after three years of marriage. He keeps a journal throughout the months immediately following. He describes his anger and confusion at God, his world without her, and his process of moving in and out of stages of grieving and remembering her. He then gets the ability to live gratefully for the gift of a true love as long as he was enrolled in that particular education.In the second chapter, Lewis scolds himself for, having reread his journals to date, having focused so much more time on the effect his wife's death on him than on her suffering. As quickly as he determines to think more about her and less about himself, he realizes that it is not going to be the easiest task. Some of the pains, hurt, and confusion Lewis is going through reminds me of the story Happy Ending, because I’m sure Lewis would have probably wanted to have had a bell that could change the ending to his tragic love story. As much as he enjoyed his time and days with her, he would have probably wanted to change the whole story due to the ending. Because loosing someone you love must be the worst pain a person can ever feel in their life. We as people seem to always try and think of a better ending to our situations in life, but never look at the beginning or the middle, where those moments could have been the best in our lives, but we are too focused on the tragic ending. I really enjoyed the first two chapters. I felt like the writing in “A Grief Observed” was very poetic, not so much like a novel or a book.
Atwood says something similar to what you say about not just focusing on the endings of our lives. She says, the middles are the most interesting and the most difficult to do something with.
ReplyDeleteI agree, this book is a lot like poetry.