Discussion on Alpine Road Analysis

    Alpine Road by Jennifer Down presents the marriage life of Clive and Franca. In the setting of short story, Clive and France live by the countryside and they are going through some difficult times. Actually, the main reason why they are going through harsh times is because of Chronic Fatigues of Clive. Due to it, he is rendered unable to work properly and in order to feed the family, Franca has to struggle and work hard. Franca is disappointed by the disability of Clive and that is the main reason why their relationship is suffering, weakening day by day.

            In the short story, it has been determined that Franca is experiencing a conflict. She has to work rigorously and what is keeping her bound to Clive is her children. Due to her disappointment in Clive, she gains an interest in Stephen. Actually, this indicates that when a person is conflicted and is disappointed in another person, he/she begins to find interest in others. Alpine Road explains and determines the difficulties faced by a partner in marriage when the other is unable to operate properly and fulfil his/her part of responsibilities. It causes issues for both of them.

            The ending of Alpine Road suggests that while Franca believed that Clive was useless and could not do anything, he successfully protected their children. This indicates that both partners in a marriage have some specific responsibilities which can be fulfilled only by them. It is possible for some responsibilities to be shared. However, it is not always possible to share responsibilities equally in a relationship. Sometimes issues are experienced which test life partners. In such situations, instead of losing belief in the other, it is important to become each other’s pillars. Marriage requires such type of support (Down, 2015).

References of Alpine Road Analysis

Down, J. (2015). Alpine road.