is to our knowledge that John was afraid of losing Kathy. His fear of loss led him onto the path of spying on her. At first he felt guilt for his doing, yet he got satisfaction in it. “A quick powerful rush. He knew things he shouldn’t know.” John is lost without Kathy, “he said she was his compass”. John compared his love with Kathy as two snakes. “Like were swallowing each other up, except in a good way.” His love for Kathy was so strong, and he couldn’t imagine his life without her, which pushed him to the limit. Eating her. “Just like those weirdo snakes, one plus one equals zero!”When Kathy and John first got married they enjoyed each other’s company “they had fun shopping together, picking out cheap furniture, and old rugs.” Kathy was John’s first priority; he seemed more relaxed and content in her eye. That was until politics took a role in their life. “Kathy despised it all. Every *censored*ty minute. The political wifey routine. She used to get the shakes out in public.” He is the link to her disappearance. His Vietnam secrets and betrayals pushed Kathy towards the edge. “Kathy got pretty scared sometimes. The detective act. The stuff you’d yell in your sleep. It gave her the heebie-jeebies.” When Kathy thought about his spying games, and how politics seemed to be more important then her, it gives the reader the impression he is no longer a loving man in her eyes. He didn’t even realize that she got the shakes out in public when all he really had to do was look, but instead he chose to look the other way. We are always reading about his love for Kathy and how he wanted to be at on with her, but when you really look into it, he knew nothing about her. Coming from a women’s point of view. Kathy was lacking the love and comfort she was longing for, and in return she felt the need to vanish.We are told that ...
