Not Easily Broken (50-100)

Summary
Dave has spent days calling for a physical therapist and he finally finds one, Julie Sawyer. When Dave comes home to tell Clarice, she acts like she doesn't care and tries to act happy but Dave can tell that she isn't. The thing that Clarice is trying to tell David is that she is depressed because she can't do anything while her leg is broken and he is depressed about it. Clarice is still not letting David do anything for her and their relationship is quickly fading away to the point where they don't even want to be in the same room with each other and they can't talk to each other. Clarice doesn't only act this way with David, she acts this way with basically everybody who wants to help her. When she first met with Julie Sawyer she didn't really want to answer her questions or wanted to respond and cooperate with Julie, but she kind of lightened up. I wonder with Clarice's attitude towards people trying to help her is going to change or is it just going to get worst as time goes on.

Quotation
"It was like talking to somebody who wasn't really there. And the worst part of it was that he felt more and more as if he weren't really there, as if he were saying lines somebody else had written" (Jakes 57).

Reaction
When I read this quote, it made me realize what road Clarice and Dave's relationship was going. After they got into the accident it was like they were growing more and more apart. The more Dave tried to do things to make Clarice happy, the more Clarice pushed him away and made him feel like he was doing nothing at all. At this point their relationship to me is fading away, they are acting like a Landlord and tenant would act. They have to tolerate each other because they live with each other not because their married.