Blog Post #11: Biblical Stories

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Blog Post #9 Literary Criticism PowerPoint

In the beginning of the story, Luz and the man follow the social customs and culture developments. They hold off on getting married until the man has a "good job." They've lived through a time of instability during war, and now look for stability in their relationship. The idea that the man must find work first to support Luz indirectly states the social custom where a women expects certain roles out of her significant other.​When the man leaves and takes the stability with him, the anthropology falls apart. Luz falls for the implied Italian charm, as she says in her letter that after experiencing a relationship with an Italian, the love she had with him was nothing in comparison. This exhibits irony as the stability of her relationship with "the man" was much more mature than the fling she has with the Italian. When the man takes away their stability, the rest of the aspects of anthropology fall in a domino effect. Luz dismisses the cultural idea that she is supposed to be taken care of by the man and goes off on her own. She finds the Italian and ruins the belief in fidelity that she and the man shared. When she informs the man of this, his beliefs fail as well, giving up on romanticism and contracting gonorrhea in the back of a taxi cab. As each aspect of anthropology is broken, their relationship breaks as well, indicating the direct correlation between strong anthropology rules and stable human relationships.