So I just recently finished my new favorite book Tess of the D'Urbervilles. For those of you who read it, I really really want to know! What would you have done in her situation?(:
Sorrow lasts through this night I'll take this piece of you, and hold for all eternity For just one second I felt whole... as you flew right through me. ~Sorrow by Flyleaf
I hated Tess when I first read it, but studying it for A-Level meant it kind of grew on me, lol.
What would I do in her place? Well, I probably wouldn't have chopped off my eyebrows. And I'd have fallen right out of love with Angel, that's for sure. I mean, come on, Angel. Seriously? What kind of manly name is that to inspire confidence?
"TV makes sense. It has logic, structure, rules, and likeable leading men. In life, we have this. We have you." -Abed Nadir
I absolutely adored Angel at first and honestly thought he was going to do Tess some good and the book was going to turn out rosily- the cover was so pretty with all those bright strawberries and everything and nobody had warned me. And then came their wedding night and he was just so frustratingly STUPID. It's all his fault. Poor Tess. I'd like to think I'm so much stronger than her but all the odds were stacked against her. I have no idea how I would've handled all the hardship she met with.
"Stella. You were in my dream the other night. And everyone called you Princess." -Lauren2010
I loved, loved, loved Angel at first. And then... Lord.
I think what struck me about the book was how different Tess' time is from ours. Angel just left her when she told him the truth. If Tess lived in our time, that slimy D'Urberville fellow would be behind bars. And she actually thought that she'd done something wrong. WTF.
I would have still told Angel, and then I would have stabbed him instead for leaving me. Hmpf.
All that I'm after is a life full of laughter, as long as I'm laughing with you.
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better. — Anne Lamott
