The Necessity Of Communication In The Short Story Feathers

It would be safe to say that having a relationship of any sort requires some attention and some sort of communication. It is a constant necessity in order to have the ability to call it a “relationship.” Attention allows for a person to know that their partner listens and is willing to give them their time and effort. Communication allows for the other partner to know what the other wants or talk over a problem that may arise. I will say that it is difficult to know how to truly have a relationship since some people’s insecurities are not much of a flaw as it is for others, it varies between the person and their wants. Also some become worried so much over what the other partner is doing, they act the same in hopes for the other to notice so
There’s only two outcomes of dreaming for these things:, Oone where you keep dreaming or one where you fulfill the desire of that dream. Where a relationship can later be seemed as a paradise.These are two outcomes are presented within the couple in the story “Feathers.” Right from the beginning Jack mentions how he and Fran “[...] wished for a new car, that’s one of the things we wished for. And we wished we could spend a couple of weeks in Canada.” (Carver). Then later on in the story they are introduced to how Bud fixed Olla’s teeth and bought her a peacock. There is a certain feeling in wanting to see your significant other to be happy. You can clearly tell how Bud deeply cares for Olla, by his actions clearly viewed in the story. On the other hand, Jack and Fran’s relationship is more of a plain over the surface type. It does not contain much depth since they do not do anything for each other in regards to anything. Not even trying to know how the other feels. This did not show much of a strain before hand, but after being presented to a caring example, little things add up. A relationship should be building up, be satisfying, and have some surprise in it. If Jack and Fran constantly just wish for things, having hopeless dreams, should they really be together? Relationships should be about pushing someone to do better, not just for themselves, but for the both of them. They need some motivation in their relationship, one where it should be for each other but that is not enough for them. They decided that having a child could be a wonderful thing, but it just lead to more of a division. They knew they did not want kids, a fulfillment of an unwanted thought, instead of actually fulfilling what they wanted. Bud and Olla could have been seen as the paradise of all relationships, not just because they had a peacock