A Woman in Search of More

I loved the imagery the author used in writing this short story. There where many issues I felt a connection with in this story. Some women would say, "How could a woman with a family just leave like she did!" Others, like me, can have a bit of understanding where the woman was coming from. Sometimes, you need to escape reality, not saying cheat on your husband or leave your child, but see other things. I feel the stories the woman's grandfather told her of the Yellow Woman intrigued her and she wanted to feel what the Yellow Woman may have felt.

The stories of the Yellow Woman were stories of adventure. There could have been more than one Yellow Woman but in all, the particular woman was out for the same thing. When I was younger, my father would tell me stories about the late sixties and seventies. I thought I was in love with what I was hearing: the great music, the strive for world peace and the supposed freedom. I really feel it is possible to fall in love with your imagination and I feel that is what the woman in the story did. Sometimes, when people get a mind set that something is cool or exciting, like the grandfather's stories, or even like the stories my father told me, you go out and look for the feeling.

Silva, the man the woman found herself with, filled a space in her that was empty. He was different than her husband. He was dangerous, she found him arousing and he seemed to live everyday however he wanted. The woman probably sat at home thinking about what she could have had if she were not married or had a child. I feel she found all of her imaginative thoughts of freedom in Silva. While she was gone she did think about her home, but she felt so fulfilled with the moments with Silva, she did not want to ever return. I think that is why she spoke of her mother and grandmother raising her child and her husband finding someone else.

As the story concludes, the living for the day kind of life Silva was leading came to a halt. He probably new it would sooner or later. He more than like thought in his mind that as long as the woman wanted to tag a long with him then he would let her. Silva and the woman probably new that their relationship would not last long. The relationship may have lasted a little longer if Silva was not caught, but I feel that it was the best thing for the woman. Now, I cannot really decide why the family did not miss her. The only idea that I can come up with is the family new she yearned for more. The family may have thought it was just a phase she hit and she needs to be free for some time. This is what makes the best sense to me. In the second to last paragraph, she imagines meeting Silva again. I think with that thought she will leave her home once again. She will continue to leave until she has filled the emptiness that may be inside her.