First, a married couple should always communicate with each other. They should sit and talk to each other and share their feelings. In "Shiloh" Norma Jean adapted to not having Leroy around, so she did not converse with him very much. This couple never talked about their lost child. As a couple they never discussed about having another child. Norma Jean is hurt deep inside that she does not have a child anymore. Leroy and Norma Jean failed as a married couple to communicate. Instead of talking to his wife about their lost child, Leroy spoke to hitchhikers about his grief. Obviously he wanted to talk about it, but was unable to approach Norma Jean about that subject. In "The Retreat" Shelby became obsessed with his work, that he didn't mak

Third, although married couples are supposed to work things out, some do and some don't. That was the case in "Shiloh." Norma Jean wanted to leave her husband in the end. Leroy who wanted to build her a log cabin was unhappy with what his wife wanted to do. He thought about, the history of Shiloh and where he and his wife were having a picnic. The same place where battles were lost. Going to Shiloh represented that Leroy was going to loose a battle, his wife. He wants to work things out with her, but she doesn't. Norma Jean walks away and starts exercising. In "The Retreat" Georgeann has the courage to tell her husband that she does not want to move. After the retreat where she was caught playing video game, she stood up to her husband. She told him how she felt about things. In the story, Shelby asked Georgeann, what is that he can do to make her happy? "Georgeann doesn't answer at first...I was happy when I was playing that game." This group of sentence signifies her strength to stand up to Georgeann's strength to stand up to her husband. Georgeann also killed the sick chicken that she couldn't resist her husband to do. When she stood up to Shelby, he was in shock and thought

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