Sunday, March 4, 2012
John + Abigal Adams
The letters written between John and Abigale Adams were very encouraging and relateable. My freshmen year of college I had to spend 9 months away from my now Fiancee seeing eachother only every other weekend, I can relate to the frustrations of both parities as I have been on the side of one and expirienced the wrath of the other. As seen in the letters these minor trials between the two did not result in a life/marriage altering conflict. It's cool to be able to read the letters of two individuals so utterly devoted to the other, that not even the atlantic ocean could seperate. It was also cool to see that even though Abigale was pain'd by the seperation she still fully supported him and his efforts in the contintential congress.
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It's always a particularly unique experience to get to read letters between two lovers, married persons, etc. Reading John and Abigail Adams' letters to each other reminds me of the letters exchanged between my great grandfather and great grandmother during WWII. The power of the letter as a genre is starkly present here; its ability to focus on one particular person, the emotion and passion generally invested in letters between lovers, and so on are all very interesting when discussing letters.
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