A Very Short Story

In "A Very Short Story" the reader can see the juxtaposition between close and distant. When the characters are near each other, their love is strong and they are always talking about "getting married in spring" (65) and how they need to focus on being together. When they are close, they talk about how much they love each other and everything is well and good. However, as soon as they become distant, you see the barriers going up and then Luz has an affair with someone else and says its only "boy and girl love" (66). This would never happen if both characters were together, however this happens and then "the major [does not] marry her in the spring, or any other time. Luz never [gets] an answer to the letter to Chicago about it. A short time after he contracted gonorrhea from a sales girl in a loop department store while riding in a taxicab through lincoln park" (66). Once distance is a factor, the promises and commitments all fade away.