This chapter is about divorce. Rose is divorcing her husband, Ted. Well actually he is divorcing her. One morning Rose goes out to the mailbox to find the divorce papers and a ten thousand dollar check from Ted. Rose takes sleeping pills and sleeps for three days. She is grief stricken and does not know what to do with her life. This divorce caught her off guard. Her mother reaches out to her to offer her advice. Her mother says, "I am not telling you to save your marriage...I only say you should speak up"(193). That sentenced is a balanced sentence because the words contrast the emphasis of the sentence. Rose takes her mother's advice and applies it to the situtaion. Ted tells her she needs to move out because he is moving in with another woman, but she stands up to him. The house is hers and she is staying there. This chapter reinforces the saying that mother's know best. Rose's mother is older, wiser, and more experience, so she has insight Rose cannot see.
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