Billy Roses Every Friday Sparknotes

Have you accepted your fate…or have you done something to change it? In The Flash Fiction story Friday Roses every Friday she receives roses from her partner and is forced to say the she loves them. She goes on to talk about how she hates the roses more than she despises him. No matter if you are three or thirty years old sometimes you will face a fate that you will not like whether that is being in an abusive relationship or being diagnosed with cancer, you have the power to change your fate.
The main character not liking the flowers she receives every Friday makes the reader curious as to why she would hate receiving flowers but as the story goes on the author gives clues that maybe the flowers represent an apology for him beating her of something of that nature. But if this is the case why wouldn’t she leave? This is a common question among people that have never been in these types of relationships situations. The people questioning this also bring up a valid point, you do not have to accept your fate. There are people and services that can get you out of this and almost any other situation. Everyone is born into a different culture, finical, and lifestyle but that does not mean
“In the end all it takes is a little push…the air solidified in his lungs” (Bore). This draws the reader to make this assumption. This is an example of someone not accepting their fate. She had enough and put an end to what was happening to her, it may have not been the right or moral way to do so but she did what she had to. If this story was continued it would probably go on to tell how this women’s life was juristically changed for the better. Now she did not have to live in fear every day and she could be herself. As she states “because it is okay; everything is, now” (Bore). It way have not started out good or been good for a long time but in the end it worked out and that’s what really