How I Met My Husband

Throughout the whole short story, the speaker describes an event that eventually leads up to how she met her husband. Up until the last section of the text, readers assume Edie's future husband is Chris Watters, the plane pilot. Watters is an ex-army pilot who claims to move from the war. Really, he is just trying to avoid his less-than-pretty fiancee, Alice Kelling. After messing around with Edie, he promises to write her, then leaves for the next town without Alice knowing. Edie waits everyday by the mailbox until she realizes "no letter was ever going to come" (146). Her waiting for a man who the readers assume will be her future husband actually leads to her meeting her real future husband, Carmichael, the mailman. Instead of promising a letter, Charmichael pursues Edie and asks her on a date.

Dramatic Irony

Cohn has finally cracked. It was good for him because no one really wanted him there anyway. Hemmingway added dramatic irony in this chapter when we knew where Brett was and Cohn did not. He became very made and eventually ended up punching Jake, one of his best friends, and Mike in the face.

Then he cried about it. What kind of guy punches someone in the face and then cries about it? It was a good thing that he decided to leave though. That was one of the best decisions he has made throughout the whole book. Robert was too blind by love to realize Brett was never in love with him and didn't really care about him. That was why he got so made when he found out Brett was with Pedro Romero.