It’s a marvel to me that people are the same, no matter the time or place; they have choices and make decisions that change the course of their lives from one moment to the next. The main character in the above book, a rich man with a lot to lea, is struggling deeply underneath the layers of formality. To cut to the chase, he decides to do the right thing in regards to adultery. Though he was tempted to do the wrong thing bc he felt more passion and desire for someone other than his spouse, or at least the idea of that person (for isn’t that what it often is?) he ended up finding roadblocks and going toward the path of least resistance in terms of set-up as opposed to the most passionate of choices. His life was commonplace in many ways, but the strength of character found in he and his wife and the woman who would have been his mistress is marvelous; a rarity nowadays, since many people think that changing their whims and desires casually won’t affect society. It takes a greater person to draw away from the wrong thing than to go with the pleasure principle.
