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4. For one story, provide and define a main idea/theme, and defend it with text evidence.

In the story "So Much Water So close To Home" Claire starts to think a lot about her own life and her view of the world today. A world where no one trusts each other and no one cares about each other anymore, and her own life stuck in a moment she can't get out of, everything has turned into an old habit, and she even asks herself if she whishes to be somebody else. She is having a minor psychological breakdown. She is running back and forward in time, starts to think about small and unimportant things, she is overprotective of their son, suddenly a small word like love has a big meaning, she goes to the funeral of the dead girl, taking distance from her husband. She sleeps alone, she doesn't like him touching her, and she can't take him seriously when he offers to help her. When he lays his hand on her, and shows her that he is sexually interested, she steps back and says, "STOP" which tells us that his hands that may have touched or even killed a girl are not going to touch her and it gives her a thrill every time he does so. Stuart keeps being patient, likes to help, and the fact that he says,"... that's what husbands are for", shows that he can see and feel what she is going through, but she keeps stepping away from him, and that's where Stuart gets angry and loses his temper. He should give her time to think and leave her alone, but I see nothing wrong in him being polite and showing that he does care. Somehow I think she is overreacting, she has to try to face the mess the family has ended up with, and then open up her mouth and tell her own husband what thoughts and ideas are troubling her. I am sure that if they both would let each other help one another and really get down to the bottom of it, then they would work things out, and I even think that their lives would be a lot better than it was before. They need to show each other some trust, honesty, and love. If they are able to do so I think they have a safe and bright future together. All families have problems, and there is no such problem which can't be solved just as long as both partners are willing and positive about the problem being solved.