1. The main character
1.1. Typical housewife
1.1.1. doing the laundry
1.1.2. the disches
1.1.3. picking up the children from school
1.2. safe life
1.2.1. went to university
1.2.2. husband
1.2.3. house
1.2.4. car
1.2.5. dog
1.2.6. children
1.3. past
1.3.1. Jed Cunningham
1.3.1.1. "Oh, how she loved him. He was the first, ever, who met her intellectually, who made her laugh and unleashed in her something she'd never expacted before..." (l.34)
2. The relationship
2.1. "It was, in a way, an adult love affair among children - she mated to marry him" (l.37)
2.1.1. only teenagers, but serious relationship
2.2. different future
2.2.1. he wanted a free and open future
2.2.2. she wanted a safe network - and future
2.2.3. the mail from Jed
2.2.3.1. reasonability
2.2.3.2. old, happy memories
2.2.3.3. choice
3. Language
3.1. use of spoken language
3.1.1. "ever", "in a way", "where, oh where was it?"
3.1.2. personal language
3.1.2.1. "Stop.Her heart beat wild.Stop"(l.46)
3.1.2.2. informal
3.2. question marks and questions
3.2.1. subjective
3.2.2. reminds of a feature article
3.2.2.1. "Would it make me myself again?", "And what would he think of me?"
3.2.3. a frustrated main character
3.2.3.1. Was it the right choice to go the safe way?
4. Type of narrator
4.1. omniscient narrator
4.1.1. the main character's thoughts
4.1.2. both using "I" and "her"
4.1.2.1. "I" uses when the main character reflects
4.1.2.2. the character's make up whether she can see herself in her own life
4.1.2.2.1. in the end
5. Theme
5.1. Dreams
5.1.1. how could it have end if you had chosen another way?
5.2. the past and the future
5.2.1. stuck in the past
5.3. the right choice
5.3.1. go after the sure
5.3.2. go after the unsure
5.3.3. believe in your instincts
6. Jed Cunningham
6.1. the main character's teenage love
6.1.1. independent and clever
6.1.2. making the teachers uneasy
6.1.3. he was cool
6.1.4. fashion everyone else followed
6.2. "His mantra was that you lived for the day"(l.7)
6.2.1. master of his own life
6.3. look(l.30)
6.3.1. tall
6.3.2. thick black hair
6.3.3. blue eyes
6.3.4. skinny