1. This story concerns a young, married mother who is content and/or happy with her life but realizes that there are other things out there, things that could bring her complete bliss, if only for a fleeting moment. In the end she chooses her husband and her contentment. She realizes that she does truly love him.

2. The ending sucked. This is mostly my opinion because she could have had a moment of complete and utter joy but instead chose a life of mediocrity and contentment. She did love her husband, unfortunately it was without passion, something she would always know was missing from her life. This isn’t something I could live the rest of my life knowing. Overall, because of these reasons, I disliked the story. Although it does show something that a lot of people do. They give up something that could make them truly happy for a life of content safety.

3. Both the woman in the stories, while over all were content with their lot in life, their stable homes and husbands. They were both were missing that essential piece of bliss that would have made everything they had experienced up until that point seem like nothing. Boring and incomplete. Neither quite realized that they were missing that piece until a person came into their life and showed them what could be compared to what they have.

4. The Pear Tree could probably symbolize the beauty and passion in a woman’s soul. Her happiness maybe??? I’m not for sure.

5. Because she isn’t, not really. She just thinks she is.

6. “But the pear tree was as lovely as ever and as full of flower and as still.” This means that whatever was in her, whatever possibilities for her to be happy for her to have a wonderful life are still there, despite having realized that her husband isn’t being faithful, and that she isn’t, truly, deep down in her self happy. She is confused though, despite knowing this, she doesn’t know how to react, what to do. She is completely lost and confused.

1st paragraph: Her epiphany is when she realizes there are more then other things out there was a really good one. And when she finds out her husband loves someone else she realized she still loved him was another good example.
2: I agree with the epiphany. she realized these things and understood them.
3: I love how you are brutally honest. And yes the ending did suck. If that were me and i found my husband saying that to another woman I kick him upside the face.
:P But I do like how gave some comment to the story event hough you hated it.
4: You made very good points between the two stories. Very good similarities you pointed out. Excelent.
5: I also picked the pear tree. I think it sybolizes her happiness ( i can't fully remember what i said in mine) But i think it shows her being still and staying beautiful, like the tree. Very good pikcing.
6: I really couldn't tell myself in the story, but in my opinion she was being starcastic. over dramatic, then she realizes she is really happy, even though her life is not as perfect as she thought it was.
7: Your ideas about the ending are really good. And that is how the story ended with her being confused, and not knowing what will happen next. But what will happen next? I guess now she has to lie a pretend life. How sad. You did a good job on this keep up the good work susie cyou l8er