Shiloh
In "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason, Norma Jean represents the typical American wife who stays at home while her husband Leroy Moffit works a full time job as a truck driver. Leroy Moffit's profession didn't allow him to spend much time with his wife Norma Jean to which he was married for many years. Now Leroy's and Norma's relationship and marriage seems to be breaking apart since both noted that they were living married as two complete strangers. In the story, Bobbie Ann Mason illustrates with Norma Jean that relationships can fail and change, and unfortunately Leroy and Norma Jean weren't able to keep up with their own changes in life. After Leroy suffered the highway accident in which his left leg was badly injured, he returned home to his wife Norma Jean which started the downfall of the relationship. After returning home Leroy was conspicuous of the love Norma Jean had for him. "Since he has been home, he has felt unusually tend
When Norma Jean enrolled in community college classes and began experimenting with new recipes and lifting weights she became more independent of herself. As Norma Jean's transition into becoming an independent woman continued Leroy starts to feel 'useless' intellectually and physically. Leroy knowing that his wife Norma Jean is becoming more distanced from him tries to appease Norma with the promise he made her when they wed of building her a new home. The home that Leroy wants to build is the log cabin and Norma Jean did not like the idea of living in a plain boring log cabin and turns him down every single time Leroy brings up the idea. As the story was near it's end Leroy and Norma Jean go to a picnic at the civil war battlefield of Shiloh, this particular place is important to Norma Jean since Mabel, her mother, and father honeymooned there before she was born. As Norma and Leroy are at the picnic, they avoid to stop and see
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Approximate Word count = 631
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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