ne instead of people worrying about her, or even telling her what to do. Leroy could be said that he is a little nave because he thinks that nothing has changed and that everything is the same as before. What he doesn’t realize is that what has changed the most is his wife. In this story the reader gets the impression that Norma Jean and Leroy are living in a lie. Although Norma Jean has found other things to do while he is away she feels lonely and trapped. Leroy on the other hand feels that she is happy with the life style they have. But what Leroy does not realize is that they have grown apart. Leroy is having a hard time realizing that his relationship with his wife is not as strong as he thinks it is. He feels the need talk about their dead son, but doesn’t know if he should mention him to Norma Jean. As it says in the story “and Leroy wonders if one of them should mention the child.”(47) This crates a complicated scenario for Leroy who is having trouble understanding what has happened between him and his wife. This allows the reader to think badly about Leroy, and also lets the reader judge the way Leroy is acting. But the reader also understands him since he has been talking about his son for a long time with other people. As it says in the story “ Leroy used to tell hitchhikers his hole life story-about his travels, his hometown, the baby.” (51) This is why Leroy feels the need to talk about their dead son. He feels strange not talking about him anymore, but he fear he will have to confront his wife if he does. So this is why it makes Leroy a nave and troubled personThe story also leads the reader to believe that Leroy is self-centered. Leroy gets determined to build the log cabin. This is the house he promised Norma to build for her. He thinks that the log cabin will get them closer, and that it’s going to make things better, but Norma is against the idea of the log cabin. Leroy appears...
