Love Relationships Essay

Family and romantic relationships are the most common relationships we encounter in our society. Whether it’s a family relationship, a friendship or a romantic relationship, good relationships are very important and can have a dramatic effect on the lives of the people involved. Relationships we make with other people will be a part of us forever, it is important that the ones we do make are good and lasting. Yet it’s not always sunshine and butterflies. Some relationships can cause a lot of pain and disappointment.

In The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin and A Father’s Confession by Guy de Maupassant, we get to witness relationships that are far the lovey-dovey ones we see in most movies. In The Story of An Hour, we are introduced to Mrs.

Brently Mallard, her husband entered the door. It turned out that he was far from the accident and was alive. He saw his wife die right in front of him from a joy that kills. Yet we will never truly know if it was the joy that Brently brought to Mrs. Mallard’s life or if it because of her freedom that her husband yet again took away. It’s not only the romantic relationships that can get very complicated. In A Father’s Confession by Guy de Maupassant, the author introduces us to a very unusual family relationship. The father who left behind his two kids, was known as a “honest man, at least.” His wise words always seemed to set an example. He left behind a boy and a girl. His son was a counselor and his daughter married a lawyer. Both of the children were devastated at their fathers funeral, they truly loved their father. After their father’s funeral the kids, including the daughters husband who is lawyer, go into the library to open the father’s will. They soon find out that their father, who seemed to be the “honest man” in the public eye, wasn’t so honest after all. Their father was a criminal. As the lawyer continues to read the will, we find out that their father had another child. However, it definitely wasn’t planned and he surely wasn’t ready to be a