Sandra In The Summer Homer

Homer sees Sandra as more than friends, but does not know if he should express his feelings, which then leads him to lose an opportunity to take Sandra and his relationship to the next level. In Summer Homer notices Sandra, “ambling down the path, stepping lightly between the stones in her bare feet…” (164). As a young male, Homer noticing the little things that Sandra is doing, shows that she is not just a friend. Males usually do not pay attention to the little things that females do. If a male and female are just friends they usually just hang out and the male never looks beyond what is right in front of him. They don’t see the type of lipstick a female wears or if they went to get a new haircut, but Homer notices. He noticed that, “she

did this everyday”(165). Since he looked at Sandra as more than friends he watched her every day at the same time that she goes outside to tan. Every time Sandra goes outside he is there. This implies that he does have feelings for her, but he does not know if he should try and move forward. He questions himself, “Was it that he had known her all his life, and as such had grown up in the shadow of her subtle beauty?”(165). Homer is trying to figure out what is it about Sandra that he is attracted to, why is she important to him. He’s been friends with her brother for many years, could it be that he’s been around her that long that the feeling had just grown. Was it that this trip with her family sparked a new flame in his eyes. Homer keeps on asking himself these questions which is just pushing him back from just going to her and sharing his feelings. He is looking for a firm answer to why now all of a sudden he is looking at her in a different view.