Duras 3

My first quote is, "I never really knew how much I liked wine" (p 100). Anne says this and for some reason it caught my attention because ever since the murder she has drank glasses of wine for the past seven nights. I find this ironic because she goes from having her old everyday routine of taking walks with her son and living a boring life, to developing a new daily routine. This new routine, though, is much better than the old one because she is finally having fun and getting to do something for herself. She gets to drink and get drunk, associate with people her own age, and get away to do something she has never done before. She is a full grown woman and since she states this comment I come to believe that Anne has never really been much of a drinker. Since she finally has the opportunity to sit down, relax, and consume alcoholic beverages, she gets to act somewhat mature and feel like an adult.
My second quote is, "They lived in an isolated house, I think it was by the sea. It was hot. Before they went there they didn't realize how quickly things would evolve, that after a few days he would keep having to throw her out. It wasn't long before he was forced to drive her away, away from him, from the house. Over and over again" (p 103). Chauvin states this because Anne continues to ask him for more details about the love affair between the couple so she can understand it better. This quote gets me because its obvious since the man kept making the woman leave he didn't want her around. Since she didn't stay away and kept coming back, he finally put an end to it. In order to keep her away for good and out of his life he had to kill her, and that is exactly what it led to. The man probably still loved the woman to a certain extent, but he was unsure of what he really wanted at that given moment. Maybe his feelings changed and he didn't know what to do or how to handle the situation, so he became paranoid and brought himself to commit murder.
My third quote is, "As you know, Anne is defenseless when it comes to her child" (p 109). I chose this quote because Anne is all about her little boy. She doesn't really act like a mother to him, but instead like his best friend. She lets him get away with everything and even though they do everything together, she doesn't discipline him. When he ignores the teacher during the piano lessons Anne just laughs. She doesn't correct her son or tell him to apologize. Usually mothers get angry with their child when they disobey or disrespect an elder. In a way i think Anne is just scared of losing her son because he is all she has, up until she meets Chauvin. At that point, she doesn't really care anymore about the fact that her son is alone in the middle of the street outside, while she is getting drunk with a stranger in a cafe.