Delusional Girl 2
Athina Nystazopoulos
Prof. Kruh
ENC1102- 7am
February 19th 2015
Delusional
In “It Would Be Different” by Maggie Mitchell and “The First Year of my Life” by Muriel Sparks there are many similarities, as there are differences. In comparing these two short stories, we are at realization of the similarities in discussing the present and the past flashbacks described. The summarization in “It Would Be Different” talks about a girl named Nikki who is delusional and imagining a world with her ex-boyfriend that isn’t true, she has this obsession with her ex-boyfriend. She says in the first paragraph “Here’s what I remember. If I could hate you, this is what I would hate you for”. Nikki doesn’t remember much of what happened because she’s delusional when it comes to her ex-boyfriend. “She’s always around. She annoys me, but I don’t suspect anything yet” (1). It’s hard for Nikki to understand that Jeff has moved on. She’s still lives in the same area as she was living in when she was together with Jeff. “It would be different if we lived in the kind of place where people can disappear, never see each other again. It would be different if I could pretend you didn’t exist but there you are” (4). Nikki can’t get over Jeff, and seeing him everywhere doesn’t help her illness of being obsessed with him. She stalks not only Jeff but his current girlfriend. “What are you thinking of? You’re everywhere. I think you have ruined my life” (4). Nikki is ruining her own life by constantly obsessing over her ex-boyfriend and his current life now. Thinking about Jeff and thinking how their life was supposed to be is the reason why she feels he ruined her life. Instead of being with her he chose someone else which is driving her insane.
Nikki thinks on how her life was supposed to be with Jeff. She thought they were going to get married have a family and kids just how they planned it. “I wasn’t supposed to be one of those people, the “UN-marry” able ones, I never expected to be. I had
Prof. Kruh
ENC1102- 7am
February 19th 2015
Delusional
In “It Would Be Different” by Maggie Mitchell and “The First Year of my Life” by Muriel Sparks there are many similarities, as there are differences. In comparing these two short stories, we are at realization of the similarities in discussing the present and the past flashbacks described. The summarization in “It Would Be Different” talks about a girl named Nikki who is delusional and imagining a world with her ex-boyfriend that isn’t true, she has this obsession with her ex-boyfriend. She says in the first paragraph “Here’s what I remember. If I could hate you, this is what I would hate you for”. Nikki doesn’t remember much of what happened because she’s delusional when it comes to her ex-boyfriend. “She’s always around. She annoys me, but I don’t suspect anything yet” (1). It’s hard for Nikki to understand that Jeff has moved on. She’s still lives in the same area as she was living in when she was together with Jeff. “It would be different if we lived in the kind of place where people can disappear, never see each other again. It would be different if I could pretend you didn’t exist but there you are” (4). Nikki can’t get over Jeff, and seeing him everywhere doesn’t help her illness of being obsessed with him. She stalks not only Jeff but his current girlfriend. “What are you thinking of? You’re everywhere. I think you have ruined my life” (4). Nikki is ruining her own life by constantly obsessing over her ex-boyfriend and his current life now. Thinking about Jeff and thinking how their life was supposed to be is the reason why she feels he ruined her life. Instead of being with her he chose someone else which is driving her insane.
Nikki thinks on how her life was supposed to be with Jeff. She thought they were going to get married have a family and kids just how they planned it. “I wasn’t supposed to be one of those people, the “UN-marry” able ones, I never expected to be. I had