Blog 6-Detailed response to a specific scene/my opinion of the work

Readers key into Lily Bart's emotions in chapter 13 of The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Previously, Lily Bart has been portrayed as an over dramatic woman who gets in troublesome situations and always contradicts herself. Thus far, I've been slightly irritated with the character of Lily Bart. I find her difficult to relate to and her lack of appreciation frustrating. However, I gained some sympathy for Miss Bart after the encounter and argument with Gus Trenor during Judy's absence. After all that is discussed at this meeting, and having been overflown with truths, Lily is a stranger to herself and cannot think clearly. " 'I can't think- I can't think'... She seemed a stranger to herself, or rather there were two selves in her, the one she had always known, and a new abhorrent being to which it found itself chained," (Wharton,120). I sympathize with Lily who, in such a dark time, feels lonely and confused. I'm shocked at her strong display of feeling at this moment in the book, especially considering her usual careless to other matters of equal importance. For example, her gambling problems, debt, and fortune owed to Gus Trenor. This display of trouble, I believe is the start to Lily's more intuitive look at herself and search for someone to console her in times of despair such as these.