This short essay centers around a story that the author's mother tells him about not waiting too long to get married and through this story we are shown a much different reason as to why the author is a single man at the "old" age of twenty-three.
The essay was nothing special to me, but it did catch me off guard when I found out that the author was secretly homosexual. The author divulges about a past interest of his that would study with him and go to different functions with him. Unfortunately, due his mother finding out that his friend was gay, but not him -- a large crack was formed in their relationship due to the mother's perception of Stephen, his friend.
Enough about the plot of the essay -- it was well written and I think the author was very subtle in the way that he expressed his sexual preference. I can tell from his observations that he is suffering immensely by not "coming out" and that no matter how bad it would drive away his family to come out, it may be better for him as a person.
I disagree with the lifestyle that is presented in this essay but that is irregardless to how much I enjoyed or didn't enjoy it. A simple, conclusive observation would be that the author will continue to be very depressed and self-loathing until he finally decides to tell his long held secret. He is lonely and there's not much he can do about that unless he decides to change his circumstances.
1. Do you think the author's homosexuality is due in part to his parent's cold relationship?
2. Who is more to blame for the author's relational collapse with Stephen, his mother, or himself?
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I believe that the collaps of Burlee and Stephens relationship had a lot to do with Burlee's mother, however, if Burlee honestly cared about Stephen, he would have been able to look past his mothers feelings and realize what was more important... I also believe that his mother should have been open to the fact that Stephen was gay, just because someone is gay doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with them...
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