Love

I read an article on love. It's not your typical love story, but just as it is it is a love story in a sense. The story says that a pregnant woman, her husband, and father went goes hunting. Her father was rapidly declining in his health. He wanted to show her that he could still do something right so he shot and killed a goose that had just left the banks of a river. The bird fell into the water and was flowing away. Her husband decided he was going to try to chase after the bird for her father. He ended up going farther than planned and she and her father had to set out to look for him. She was really worried and even though she was pregnant continued on. When she finally found him she was so relieved. The article, talking about finding the bird, then goes on to ask "what’s the difference between hope and denial?" I think that this is really important to be aware of. Say you were to have a child kidnapped, you would hope that they were still alive, you always would. But it comes to a point where the denial starts to set in. You can realize that they probably have not survived, but you can still have hope. This idea is exactly what happened in All My Sons. Kate was in denial though. She was unable to except it and still had hope.
I think that being able to except something is the difference between hope and denial. You can except something and still have hope for something else.