Within the Light There Always Darkness

Willy Garcia

Mr.Montlack

10-20-2016

Within The Light There Always Darkness

Did you know “the rate of cheating in our culture hasn’t changed much although studies vary, research has shown that almost 60 percent of men and over 45 percent of women will cheat at some point in their marriages. Affairs affect 1 out of every 2.7 couples, which is almost one third of all of us”, as stated in “Are we meant to be monogamous? Why people cheat, and the appeal of open relationships”. Also Mary Oliver once said “someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift”. Do you see where I’m trying to go with this? “Although love is known for its romantic and positive aspects, it can have a dark side. Based on the article “what we talk about when we talk about love” by Raymond Carver, these three characters Ed, Mel and Terri all strongly represent that saying. They all go through post traumatic experiences or state what they actually truly feel no matter how dark it may seem to others.

        First, love can have a dark side as represented by the character Ed in the story. For instance the most obvious one, Ed was very abusive. There was definitely no denying that Ed was so blinded by love he was willing to kill her. He beat her up one night and dragged her around the living room by her ankles. As he kept repeating the words I love you bitch I love you so much as he continued to drag her around the living room knocking her head into anything that came. Ed was also scared, he was scared because he loved her so much that he didn’t want to lose her. The more he felt that way the more insane he became, he felt like he was losing her more and more. She was becoming out of his reach as time went on that’s what he felt. He was losing her to Mel and the more he saw an thought about it the worse he got, instead of ensuring her stay with love and kindness like what he used to be he did so with abuse. Although it wasn’t the right choice in his mind that’s what he saw fit. He didn’t know any other way to show it. He wanted her back with all his heart that he threatened Mel multiple times. Ed was so scared yet very jealous he was losing the girl he loved to another guy and it drove him insane. My final reason to prove how dark and corrupt love can be is that it drove him to his death. It shows love hurts, it’s painful yet unbearable. He loved her so much it literally killed him he was willing to die for her and risk it all. My assumption of his thought processes was that he realized he loved her more than anything and he was starting to realize she was gone, it drove him to depression and to that end result. Ed was extremely obsessive he couldn’t get over her. It was cause of him they lived like fugitives stalking them threatening them trying to take back what he thought was rightfully his.