The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

This story revealed a few things to me. Michael's struggle with Frances is all three types of conflict. He struggles with himself and controlling his eyes, being faithful and honest with his wife, he struggles with his wife in telling her the truth and he struggles with society because it is society that tells us to do whatever we want, pleasure is good, and pay no attention to consequences.

I also think the setting is important because if it were in a less populated city or a rural area the story wouldn't make sense at all. New York is perfect because of the diversity, as Michael notes, and the natural busyness of the city.

It is however, heartbreaking to see how pleasant, but almost in an insincere manner, the couple is in the beginning and how slowly the wife is persistent and her husband does reveal that he is bound to cheat on her. I wouldn't think anything of it if this man is looking at women, looking is just fine, we were given eyes to take in the world. It's the thoughts and actions that are problematic. Frances should be content with the fact that her husband says he hasn't touched another woman and he loves her, let him look, look all he wants just don't touch. I almost don't care for Frances character because she brings this all upon herself. The whole evaluation and dramatic explanation is unnecessary and frankly it brought to the surface issues that weren't even issues.