Blog 3-Detailed response to a specific line

In chapter 4 of The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Lily Bart mentions to her cousin and Miss Van Osburgh that, "Each of them wants a creature of a different race," (Wharton,38).. Lily in this statement is regarding Miss Van Osburgh and Percy Gryce's likeness, but the fact that one seems to seek out others different than oneself. This quote by Lily reminded me of the saying, "opposites attract." People tend to desire people who possess the qualities they lack in themselves.Additionally, people like a change of pace and the excitement of another so different from themselves. Since Mr. Gryce and Ms. Osburgh are so alike, the partnership of the two, Lily assumes, will never be.

Aside from this, in chapter 4, Lily Bart's eyes open to the fact that perhaps the world is not as cruel as she'd imagined. "They were not as brutal and self engrossed as she had fancied," (Wharton,39).. Miss Bart's epiphany which was this realization, can be compared to Mr Scrooge's revelation from a bitter old man towards others, to a generous man in A Christmas Carol. Though, Lily didn't go through any trial like Scrooge to have this change of heart, both find out the world isn't half as bad as they had originally thought.