(no subject)
I just finished The House of Mirth today. I was rooting for Lily and hoping she would marry someone and be ok. I was pissed off with Selden because he never met her like he said he would in the one note he sent to her. Just like a man to not come through. And Lily, like all of us girls, still liked him, which was frustrating because I was mad at him. However she didn't go after him, which I liked about her. I wanted to see someone take care of Lily and make everything OK for her, even though she was somewhat independent in nature. But, like one of the main topics in the novel, women were expected to get married and arrange parties, and look nice, not be independent at that time. I was shocked at the ending, and very mad at Selden. The book said he had the courage to not accuse himself for not coming to her earlier. I was pissed!! He should feel so bad for being such a coward!!! True at times Lily pushed him away, but I never thought he was clear enough to her and if he would have just softened once or did what he said he would do in that note, things would have worked out and Lily wouldn't have died. Plus she left being the secretary of the one rich woman after Selden came to talk to her, and he wasn't very sweet about it, and she realized Selden was right. And it went downhill for her from there. So pissed at that man. This was a very sad ending, tragic and odd. In one way it was a great show of love and in another I think he was a big, stupid coward.