Holly did not like to work because she could never find a job that she liked. She went from job to job and just hated them all. Then, when Gerry got sick, it was the perfect opportunity for her to stop working because she had to take care of him. When he passed away however, she had no money and she knew she was going to have to get a job. She put it off though until Gerry told her to get one in one of the letters he wrote to her. “If Gerry said to find a job, she was going to find a job” (Ahern 281). She went on an interview and loved the atmosphere of the magazine setting. When her boss called her to tell her she got the job she was happy. After hating so many jobs, Holly was actually excited to start work on her first day. “Holly stared up at the tall Georgian building and her body tingled with excitement” (Ahern 321). It was important for Holly to get a job because it was going to help her move on with her lie. She needed to meet new people and do things with her life. That is the reason Gerry told her to get a job. Plus, she needed money to survive and pay the bills. It also gave her a reason to get up in the morning and to go somewhere instead of moping around the house all day.
Holly listened to Gerry’s letters like they were the Bible. Every word on those letters she did her best to obey because she knew that’s what Gerry would have wanted. “Promise me you will find a job you love this time!” (Ahern 270). Gerry wrote that in one of his letters to her and this was the incentive she needed to find a job. While she was married to him, she hated her 9-5-desk job where she filed papers and typed on the computer. She always wanted a job she would like, and now that Gerry told her to find one, she was determined to. It was important for her to find this job because she wanted to fulfill this promise to her husband through these letters and she needed something to look forward to, something that would give her life meaning, other than being married to Gerry. “Yes, this was very different from her previous jobs, but she was looking forward ro every minute of it” (Ahern 327). This job allowed her to have something to wake up in the morning for, since the whole time she was grieving she didn’t find a reason to get up and go live through the day. She was finally able to be happy with something she did in her life and allowed her to be happy with an accomplishment that she knew she had done for herself. Her having a job was something that allowed her to find another meaning to her life, something that people would need her for and something that she could be proud of. All of these things had previously been found in Gerry, but now that he was gone, she had to find it somewhere else, and by finding a job, she had done just that.
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Holly did not like to work because she could never find a job that she liked. She went from job to job and just hated them all. Then, when Gerry got sick, it was the perfect opportunity for her to stop working because she had to take care of him. When he passed away however, she had no money and she knew she was going to have to get a job. She put it off though until Gerry told her to get one in one of the letters he wrote to her. “If Gerry said to find a job, she was going to find a job” (Ahern 281). She went on an interview and loved the atmosphere of the magazine setting. When her boss called her to tell her she got the job she was happy. After hating so many jobs, Holly was actually excited to start work on her first day. “Holly stared up at the tall Georgian building and her body tingled with excitement” (Ahern 321). It was important for Holly to get a job because it was going to help her move on with her lie. She needed to meet new people and do things with her life. That is the reason Gerry told her to get a job. Plus, she needed money to survive and pay the bills. It also gave her a reason to get up in the morning and to go somewhere instead of moping around the house all day.
Holly listened to Gerry’s letters like they were the Bible. Every word on those letters she did her best to obey because she knew that’s what Gerry would have wanted. “Promise me you will find a job you love this time!” (Ahern 270). Gerry wrote that in one of his letters to her and this was the incentive she needed to find a job. While she was married to him, she hated her 9-5-desk job where she filed papers and typed on the computer. She always wanted a job she would like, and now that Gerry told her to find one, she was determined to. It was important for her to find this job because she wanted to fulfill this promise to her husband through these letters and she needed something to look forward to, something that would give her life meaning, other than being married to Gerry. “Yes, this was very different from her previous jobs, but she was looking forward ro every minute of it” (Ahern 327). This job allowed her to have something to wake up in the morning for, since the whole time she was grieving she didn’t find a reason to get up and go live through the day. She was finally able to be happy with something she did in her life and allowed her to be happy with an accomplishment that she knew she had done for herself. Her having a job was something that allowed her to find another meaning to her life, something that people would need her for and something that she could be proud of. All of these things had previously been found in Gerry, but now that he was gone, she had to find it somewhere else, and by finding a job, she had done just that.
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