Grettle left the game in a shock that shook her very being and left her numb from all of the emotion that had been coursing through her. It had taken all of her strength not to punch Paul, and she was left with nothing, just as she had stumbled upon him in the beginning.
Last summer had been a low point in her life. Her father had died and the remainder of summer had been spent wondering what she was living for. That's when she met Paul. He was the most amazing guy she had ever met and they hit it off like no other. He made her feel like a million dollars whenever they were together and they started dating regularly. Soon, however, Grettle noticed that he didn't give her as much of a say in things as she would like. She didn't consider herself a demanding person so this was kind of an annoyance whenever they were together. When she was tired of it she confronted him one day and soon they were in a hated discussion.
"I give you a say whenever I feel like its necessary." Paul argued.
"Yeah but I feel like it's necessary more often than you do." Grettle replied.
"You don't know what you're talking about." Paul retorted.
So this went on for sometime. Grettle always felt like her opinion didn't matter all that much and Paul always felt like he knew what was best for both of them. She felt like the relationship was a ton of glass on her shoulders, a burden that if mishandled, could end in disaster.
Finally, the glass tipped too far for Paul. After one of his basketball games, he went over to Grettle and said that he wanted her to come over to his house to celebrate. Grettle didn't want to so Paul got mad and started yelling at her. As the conversation grew into a shouting match, Paul finally put the nail in the coffin and broke up with her.
I used my groups theme from the group exercise today: Unbalances of power in relationships will ultimately lead to failure as time passes. This is the same as Eyes because Janie first two marriages fail. I used hyperboles to help emphasize certain aspects and emotions. I utilized metaphors to depict feelings and emotions such as Hurston does. And I also mirrored Hurston's use of foreshadowing in the way that I started my story.
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