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Successful Relationships and Short Stories

A successful relationship is the Holy Grail in life for most people. We are
constantly searching and striving to attain that bond with someone with out
fully understanding the components involved in making it happen. In a time of
serial monogamy, marriage drive thrus, and quickie divorces, we don't have much
incentive to invest that sort of time. Relationships are easy to get out of.
But in order to have a successful relationship, both parties must first
actively communicate their intentions of what they are hoping to gain from the
relationship, concerns, and hopes for themselves as individuals and as a
collective. Failure to do this would surely be the demise of any relationship.

There are many instances in the short stories in which I have read where two
characters are unable to grasp the concept in which I am putting forth. A
prime example would be Miss Dent and Mr. Blake from John Cheever's "The Five-
Forty-Eight." In this......

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