Uncle Nathan's Themes In The Skating Party

The theme of "The Skating Party" is you cannot choose who you love. Uncle Nathan proves this theme when he says, "'You cannot love where you choose'" (Summers, 104). Uncle Nathan is going to marry Eunice, but he chooses to be 'in love' with her. With Deliah, he cannot control the fact that he loves her, and that his heart is loyal to her. When Uncle Nathan faces the choice to save either Deliah or Eunice, despite the fact that he is Eunice's fiance, he decides to save Deliah. Uncle Nathan does not believe that you can't choose who you love when he says "'If you can fall in love in twenty minutes, then you can fall out of love just as fast'" (Summers, 109). Uncle Nathan is becomes affected by his feelings for Deliah, and the decisions he makes