Divorce by Ivan Klima
In the short story entitled “Divorce” by Ivan Klima a judge makes an
important decision that will affect him for the rest of his life. The decision
maybe by this man, a Judge named Martin Vacek was for the better.
Loyalty and dedication is more important than lust and romance. Judge
Martin Vacek displayed true honorability when he decided to stay with his
wife rather than go off with a younger, more attractive, recently divorced
woman.
His decision completely ignored his inner most feelings. Love didn’t
overcome him. This was extremely unusual. Society has showed most of
the time that love can prevail over anything. According to Martin that
wasn’t the case. He proves that being loyal is number one to him. The
Judge proves to be a noble man and I think the choice he made was the
right one. A man who has been with married for 30 years show great
loyalty.
When the judge has a passionate and erotic night with a slim, finely
built, smooth skinned, who has not one wrinkle one her skin, and who is
twenty years old you would think that he found the perfect woman. In his
eyes he has but chooses not to be with her. He finds her attractive and just
feels an electric impulse when he is with her and when he speaks his soft
words he actually makes this woman melt like butter. Martin hasn’t
experienced this reaction towards him in a long time so this woman is
main him feel outrageously special. So considering all the things he
displayed what would Judge Martin Vacek do when she asks him “what’s
the point of such a marriage Martin?” He answers with the absolute
opposite of what she wanted to hear. She was waiting for Martin to say
something to let her know that she is more special than his wife, but that
wasn’t the case.
Due to his decision Judge Vacek loses out on an amazingly gorgeous
twenty year old girl but keeps his wife of thirty years who he has no
feelings for. Martin had a chance to change his mind and make her still
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whatever he does not want her to do. Throughout her twenty years of life with
tries to make her disinterested in him so that again, he may concentrate on the
make there decision, but in the end there was no way that the jury was going to believe a
His memory of her is sweet and beautiful so that even without saying it, it is obvious that he was, and possibly is still, in love with her. He remembered the past and convinced himself that it could be like that once again. He became delusional with love, and was blinded by it.
same time imposes his will on her. He hinders her from having her own thoughts.
decide what he is going to do about it. He cannot decide what woman to
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is an only child; she is rich and would be a good catch for any man of
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This is shown by the way he talks to her and how he acts around her.
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can be happy as he knows she has always been loyal to him and made
present for her children Because dad is so consumed with controlling everyone, he also is not