Blog #2 Prompt C

In these chapters, the narrators relationship with Maxim change drastically. It begins with them just being companions, but he decides to tell her that he actually thinks she makes him feel more alive. We can begin to see their relationship transition when he says this. Their trip to Monte Carlo continue, and the relationship continues to grow. Maxim eventually proposes to her at the end of the trip when she and Ms. Van Hopper plan on returning to New York by boat. We can see how their relationship dramatically changed from just friendly to married. Although she's happy, Ms. Van Hopper tell ours narrator that he's simply marrying her because he can't stay at Manderley all alone. We begin to see that although the relationship seems happy and loving, the underlying truth is that it is moving uncomfortably fast and the narrator even states that "suddenly I realized that it would all happen; I would be his wife," (pg 40 PDF) implying that even she is just now suddenly realizing how quickly and drastically her relationship with Maxim has truly changed in such a short period of time.