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Luke Ripley from “A Father’s Story” by Andre Dubus and the sitter from “Winter Night” by Kay Boyle both deeply love their daughter and were motivated to make choices based on that love whether wrong or right. Luke’s decisions in “A Father’s Story” where completely controlled not by, “a stable owner or a catholic or any other Luke Ripley I had lived with for a long time, but a father of a girl” (Epperson ??). He decided to deny his faith and what he knew was right to protect his daughter from going to prison for her actions. In his mind protecting his daughter that he loved so dearly made his actions okay. In a “Winter Night” the sitter loved the girl that became her daughter three years ago. She also connected with the girl she was watching …show more content…
Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” and Mrs. Gideon from “Mrs. Moonlight” were motivated by what life they want even if it did not include people that loved them. Mrs. Mallard lost her husband and soon was past her grief and excited about living a life for herself. She was overjoyed to be, “Free! Body and soul free!” (Epperson 60). She wanted to live a long life for herself then a little late her husband walks through the door and she passed away. “When the doctors came the said she had died of heart disease- of a joy that kills.” (Epperson 60) As an outsider looking in the reader can tell she was not filled with joy to see her husband probably the complete opposite. Mrs. Gideon was completely irritated with her daughter that was trying to care for her. She wanted to live a completely different life not the one she had with her late husband or the one she currently has with her daughter. Mrs. Gideon wanted her teenage sweet heart the man she tried to run away with when she was fifteen years old. She did not care if she hurt her daughter or if she even remembered her. She wants only to remember a life with Robert. In the end, Mrs. Mallard got the exact opposite of what she wanted a short life not lived for herself on the contrary Mrs. Gideon did lose all memories of her daughter and “she remembered him” (Epperson
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