Analysis over chapters 14-15
It is clear that Lily Bart is, with absolutely no doubt, the most unlucky person on the planet. Everything just goes wrong ever single time. It's very ironic that this book is called The House of Mirth because there is absolutely no mirth to be found! Not even a single hint of joy! Lily decides she wants to be with Selden and change her ways to live a life like he does, but of course that plan burns to ashes. Instead, Selden does't even show up to meet her because he thinks she is fooling around with Mr.Trenor! What are the odds that just as Selden is taking a late night stroll with Ned Van Alstyne they happen to witness Lily escaping the Trenor house! Now it looks like Lily has been messing around with Mr.Trenor when really all she wants is Selden! To makes things even more strange, Gerty Farish is in mad, jealous love with Selden. He is her cousin! Of all things I predicted to happen, I never thought Gerty was going to fall in love with her cousin! Now she hates Lily because Selden is in love with her, but Lily has absolutely no idea of Gerty's feelings toward her.Lily was just beginning to think of Gerty as her best friend and now she hates her? What in the world is going on. Then, the unexpected proposal from Mr.Rosedale to Lily... I honestly wouldn't be the least bit surprised at this point if she accepted it. She is nine thousand dollars in dept, her aunt won't help her, and Rosedale is telling her he could give her all the money in the world. Lastly, Selden decides to drop off the face of the planet and go to Havana and the West Indies. What wonderful timing he has... Well, I'll be more than interested to see how this all plays out.
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