I See You Everywhere (165-228)

SUMMARY:

In February of 1993, Louisa has left Hugh and has been with this new boyfriend, Ray, for about two years. They just recently discovered she has breast cancer, but doctors caught it early, stage one, so she has a very good chance of recovery and beating the disease. The first person she called to tell is Clem, then her mom, then the next day her dad. The treatments she was receiving caused her to go to them hospital almost everyday and spent a lot of time inside a machine she named nine, blue or lucky. Although she was facing this health issue, she continued to work and did not let the disease hold her back. She was now writing for a art magazine in New York and while searching for new faces in the art world, stumbled upon a man named Esteban. He created art from knitting and was working on  a piece that the magazine was playing on showcasing. Esteban has a wife named Muriel and they are expecting their first child. At the reveal Esteban held at his house, Ray and Louisa met Muriel and Louisa described her belly as being so big that it was ready to pop produce twins! Ray seemed uncomfortable being around Muriel because Louisa has been talking about kids and Ray wants nothing of them. They both have strong opinions and stick to them which is why, according to Louisa, why they work so well together.

In May of 1993, Clem has left her familiar coast life and is now inland looking after a grizzly bear family. She is seeing a married man R.B. and stays in the same cabin with him. The family of grizzly bears consisted of a momma bear, Doris, a boy bear, Danny, and a sister bear Tipper. While the bears constantly caused havoc by their wandering into the city, they seemed fine, except for Danny. He looked like he was not gaining any weight and never helped his mother and sster clean up after a meal. Clem found this behavior strange and requested test be done on the cub. The test discovered a whole in his heart that needed to be corrected by surgery. Unfortunatley, the surgery did not go as planned and he died. Her coworker, Buzz, was comforting Clem because she developed a love for this family, when Clem told him he would make a great husband, and he responded by saying "woman who don't want husbands tell me that all the time."

QUOTE:
"Buzz you'd make a great husband," I tell him. "I know," he says sharply. "Woman who don't want a husband tell me so all the time," (Glass, 228).

REACTION:

This quote shows what people think of the things Clem wants in her life. He is not the first person hat has said she doesn't want a family centered future because she even says it herself. She seems to be getting herself into relationships that have no real attachment in someway. While on the contrast, Louisa is seeking the family future and is getting herself into relationships with men that don't have any desires to have a family. The sisters attract the men that the other sister wants/needs.