Three_Strikes

Three Strikes Strike Three Countless couples currently embark into their married life with minute problems. Many of these couples have been given advice. This advice may have included, Life will get stressful, and it always does. Commit to making time to do pleasurable things together. Also remember that as they become used to one another, they may, both enjoy occasional time alone. This is normal. As time passes the problems seem to diminish since the couple is learning to communicate and cope through their differences together. In the short story “The Other Two” the author Edith Wharton portrays a struggling newlywed couple, learning the communication and coping skills they need to make this relationship work. Alice Waythorn is adventuring into her third marriage. Both previous marriages were ended due to circumstances with her daughter Lily. Alice had been divorced for fairly some time when she married Mr. Waythorn. For two extremely different reasons. The two ex husbands are brought back into the life of not only Alice Waythorn, but also the new husband Mr. Waythorn. Alice’s first husband Mr. Haskett has a great desire to spend time with his ill daughter Lily. At first Alice is very hesitant that Mr. Haskett is going to be wharton, waythorn, mr, alice, writes, time, lily, irony, two, haskett, story, daughter, life, wife, varick, one, husband, first, coffee, shown, come, married, together, sweeney, situation, shows, put, new, mother, ill, husbands, couple, cognac, characterization, brute