Creative Writing Assignment - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages Just with any other marriage, his was approved by the committee and certified by the Party. He knew very little about his wife Susan when they got married after Edmond has just turned 25 and she was 22. They seem fit to be wed and that was enough reason to do so. The committee seemed to agree by affirming their union. But what ensued after the marriage was something they did not expect. All their conception about marriage and the relationship between two people does not seem adequate to describe what they have. They have nurtured a trusting acceptance of each other and where sex is deplorable at first, they have grown to enjoy it as much as the company of each other. It was beyond companionship.
Susan’s first pregnancy proved difficult which led them to decide to stay at her mother’s house before her due up until the first month after giving birth. Lucy and Edmond knew nothing about childcare. Lucy, Susan’s mother, lives in an old beaten-up yet warm house with a spacious yard. The house is right next to a shop owned by a certain Mr. Charrington. She is a typical matriarch up and about in her house incessantly cooking, washing and sweeping. She takes care of two other grandchildren.
She had been a complete delight except for a few stories that she tells about life before the Revolution that even she can’t reconcile. Lucy at times mentions the change in Mr. Charrington since his wife’s death and how his entire business has turned shady. She even told him how she has seen a man peering outside one of the windows. Edmond dismissed all of these with a smile and a few neutral comments he figured could not hurt an old lady. Hi figured his sporadic conversations which at times tend to be subversive is enough trouble for both of them.
Lucy constantly cared for them and could not be more pleased to a new addition to the household squeals. He knew he was capable of doublethink and has proved to be a difficult albeit useful ...Download file to see next pagesRead More