4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days
Intro:
Thesis: The characters in 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days all experience the same struggle of making decisions under circumstances, one may forget the importance of having a choice at all. With uncertainty and the lack of trust of another individual and their decisions, one will face the risks of losing everything.
Trust is vital between characters when important decisions are made, if trust is lost it may be one of the hardest things to regain.
Gabita lacks this characteristic and is overwhelmed by fear and leads her to lie and lose the trust of Mr.Bebe the abortionist.
- Gabita was asked to book a hotel at the Unitea, meet with Mr.Bebe in person and 3,000 lei, despite the emphasis of how important the tasks to be done, all of them were altered.
- When Otilia shows up at the hotel Unitea where Gabita is supposed to meet Mr.Bebe the abortionist, the reservation clerk claims that there is no reservation for them nor is there any record of Gabi having called to make a reservation.
- Meeting Mr.Bebe in person allowed a one on one trust, however Otilia was asked to meet him instead which created a slightly loss of trust as Gabita did not come in person to meet him in public.
- Gabriela is highly irresponsible: her bad memory, white lies, and apprehension jeopardize the whole arrangement.
Otilia is a women of word, certainty and self assured, however Gabita`s situation and requests forces her to lie and change her certainty.
- Abortion was strictly illegal during the years of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, Otilia was well aware of the consequences if she was caught and was forced to lie to her boyfriend.
- Otilia is told to lie to Mr.Bebe about being Gabita`s sister in order for him to trust Otilia, however the opposite occurs. Otilia was the one to confront Mr.Bebe and create a fragile trust bond with him.
-Due to Gabita`s lies and losing the trust of Mr.Bebe, the two women are forced to engage a sexual relationship with him in
Thesis: The characters in 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days all experience the same struggle of making decisions under circumstances, one may forget the importance of having a choice at all. With uncertainty and the lack of trust of another individual and their decisions, one will face the risks of losing everything.
Trust is vital between characters when important decisions are made, if trust is lost it may be one of the hardest things to regain.
Gabita lacks this characteristic and is overwhelmed by fear and leads her to lie and lose the trust of Mr.Bebe the abortionist.
- Gabita was asked to book a hotel at the Unitea, meet with Mr.Bebe in person and 3,000 lei, despite the emphasis of how important the tasks to be done, all of them were altered.
- When Otilia shows up at the hotel Unitea where Gabita is supposed to meet Mr.Bebe the abortionist, the reservation clerk claims that there is no reservation for them nor is there any record of Gabi having called to make a reservation.
- Meeting Mr.Bebe in person allowed a one on one trust, however Otilia was asked to meet him instead which created a slightly loss of trust as Gabita did not come in person to meet him in public.
- Gabriela is highly irresponsible: her bad memory, white lies, and apprehension jeopardize the whole arrangement.
Otilia is a women of word, certainty and self assured, however Gabita`s situation and requests forces her to lie and change her certainty.
- Abortion was strictly illegal during the years of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, Otilia was well aware of the consequences if she was caught and was forced to lie to her boyfriend.
- Otilia is told to lie to Mr.Bebe about being Gabita`s sister in order for him to trust Otilia, however the opposite occurs. Otilia was the one to confront Mr.Bebe and create a fragile trust bond with him.
-Due to Gabita`s lies and losing the trust of Mr.Bebe, the two women are forced to engage a sexual relationship with him in