This is an interesting, and difficult, question to answer. However, I can only imagine what Tassie did after the phone conversation ended. My hope is that she was disgusted. I think that this reaction is implied by her directly addressing the reader and clarifying that she never even met Edward for a cup of coffee. I also find myself hoping that she removed the Thornwood-Brinks from her list of references, reflected on the experience, learned something from it, and moved on. I think the last line of the book supports this idea of a lesson being learned when Tassie says, “that much I learned in college,” (320). In terms of what exactly that lesson is, I think that Tassie learned how to assert herself by becoming more direct with people and the direction of her life. I think this scene signals the start of a change in Tassie. Throughout the book Tassie often used her comfortable, Midwestern phrase of “sounds good” to get by when she didn’t know what else to say. I think the old Tassie would have told Edward that the dinner plans sounded good. But this new Tassie went with her instincts and hung up the phone. There is a definite change happening in this section.
My first thought was that she slept with Edward. Although she seemed somewhat disgusted by his phone call, the last statement about not even having coffee with him is what made me think she hooked up with him. When a woman says, "I did not even have coffee with him," that makes me think that they slept together without ever going on a date or anything. This may be a pessimistic view, and totally incorrect, but that is what I thought after reading it.
I think that she said what she said to keep it out of the minds of the readers that she might have went out to eat with him or even possibly slept with him.
I think Tassie was disgusted by ed's call. When she says "I didn't even meet him for coffee" I think it implies she wants nothing to do with him at all. going out to dinner can be seen as intimate and coffee is something friends will get together. Tassie didn't seem to want either relationship with Ed.
This question is very questionable. I have to go with instinct however. It seems Tassie may have had an affair with Edward, and possibly trying to cover up the situation, but perhaps she really sincerely did not want to have anything to do with him as Adam said. It is up in the air. I had wondered about Edward since he first met Tassie and they were alone together while she baby sat Mary Emma. He was too insistent on knowing more about Tassie.
This is an interesting, and difficult, question to answer. However, I can only imagine what Tassie did after the phone conversation ended. My hope is that she was disgusted. I think that this reaction is implied by her directly addressing the reader and clarifying that she never even met Edward for a cup of coffee. I also find myself hoping that she removed the Thornwood-Brinks from her list of references, reflected on the experience, learned something from it, and moved on. I think the last line of the book supports this idea of a lesson being learned when Tassie says, “that much I learned in college,” (320). In terms of what exactly that lesson is, I think that Tassie learned how to assert herself by becoming more direct with people and the direction of her life. I think this scene signals the start of a change in Tassie. Throughout the book Tassie often used her comfortable, Midwestern phrase of “sounds good” to get by when she didn’t know what else to say. I think the old Tassie would have told Edward that the dinner plans sounded good. But this new Tassie went with her instincts and hung up the phone. There is a definite change happening in this section.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was that she slept with Edward. Although she seemed somewhat disgusted by his phone call, the last statement about not even having coffee with him is what made me think she hooked up with him. When a woman says, "I did not even have coffee with him," that makes me think that they slept together without ever going on a date or anything. This may be a pessimistic view, and totally incorrect, but that is what I thought after reading it.
ReplyDeleteI think that she said what she said to keep it out of the minds of the readers that she might have went out to eat with him or even possibly slept with him.
ReplyDeleteI think Tassie was disgusted by ed's call. When she says "I didn't even meet him for coffee" I think it implies she wants nothing to do with him at all. going out to dinner can be seen as intimate and coffee is something friends will get together. Tassie didn't seem to want either relationship with Ed.
ReplyDeleteThis question is very questionable. I have to go with instinct however. It seems Tassie may have had an affair with Edward, and possibly trying to cover up the situation, but perhaps she really sincerely did not want to have anything to do with him as Adam said. It is up in the air. I had wondered about Edward since he first met Tassie and they were alone together while she baby sat Mary Emma. He was too insistent on knowing more about Tassie.
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