The Winter Of Our Discontent Analysis

No one can be truly satisfied; once you finally get your hands one the possession that you desired most, your hunger for more reaches out again and again. In “The Winter of Our Discontent,” by John Steinbeck, he introduces a manipulative character that is desperate enough to do anything to get what she wants, but although she is deceitful at playing her cards, her fear is what drives her to be that way.

When Margie’s husband was getting weaker, she felt as if his problems were also dragging her existence to the grave. She did her best to keep up with any of the latest news and gossip, “by frequent telephone calls, by letters, get-well cards, and arranged accidental meetings….By these means she kept people aware of her existence” (Steinbeck 172). In this quote, it shows that Margie fears of being forgotten and dissolving into the background. In the

She would first make sure her looks were in check, and when she would go out on a date, and have a “decent interval and an outlay of money,” she would then “go to bed with him,” and “sooner or later the shared bed” would be the “trap to catch her future security and ease. But the prospective game leaped clear of quilted jaws” (Steinbeck 172). In this quote, it shows that Margie only cares about her financial stability, and doesn’t care how she gets it, as long as she does. In the quote, it says, “decent interval and outlay of money,” which confirms that if these requirements are met, she would be content. It also shows that she only cares about the wealth that person carries and not the personality and heart, to her money weighs more than someone’s heart. Also in the quote, it says, “the shared bed, “ which is supposed to symbolize trust and love for each other, but to Margie it represents satisfaction of winning the prize, in this case, a husband who is attached to “financial security.” This reveals her manipulative ways, and the ugly greed behind the beautiful, superficial