When we went over the book “Till We Have Faces,” we started about longing. What I got from our conversation was how a romantic relationship needed longing in order for it to exist. For example, a couple who is separated only thinks about the moment when they get to be with each other again and when they are with each other, they can’t get enough of one another. Because people will never have that feeling of longing satisfied, it is an essential part of a relationship. When we talked about this, I kept thinking about reality television shows like the Bachelor. The goal is to “win” the love of another and that relationship is formed in an unusual way. The fifteen women or so long for the acceptance of the one man. Typically by the end, there are about five women who have told that one man they love him. I feel like it is more their longing for him that is affecting their emotions more so than their actual love for him. Also, it seems that maybe these women are more afraid of losing acceptance and are being blinded by their longing. Because it is an unhealthy emotional environment the women are placed in, emotions are constantly on edge and it seems like when the man finally picks his woman, they both say that they love each other. Even so, when the couple is looked at afterwards, they are usually no longer together because the longing is not as strong and is not as true. This has to do with the book we went over because someone said that Orual does not love the person but loves the way they make her feel. This is similar to the bachelor because the women don’t really love the guy, they just love how he makes them feel.
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