Shaw--" The Girls in Their Summer Dresses"

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Nothing is more noble , nothing more vulnerable than fidelity Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind (Cicero

Irwin Shaw (1913-1984 ) was a contemporary writer who loved to explore socially relevant topics evident in peoples ' lives . His work The Girls in their Summer Dresses , Shaw vividly manifests a prevailing marital dilemma - fidelity . He penned it on one warm sunny Sunday morning in the month of November placing a couple , Michael and Frances who were nearing

their middle ages , walk along Fifth Avenue in New York . Shaw skillfully plotted the backdrop as if it were a stage for some actors to perform on . He gives just enough details on how the streets looked like that day , planting on his readers how the couple was like that Sunday

Michael held Frances ' arm tightly as they walked downtown in the sunlight . They walked lightly , almost smiling , because they had slept late and had a good breakfast and it was Sunday . Michael unbuttoned his coat and let it flap around him in the mild wind . They walked , without saying anything , among the young and pleasant-looking people who somehow seem to make up most of the population of that section of New York City (Pge

Shaw rendered the couple as seemingly happy , chiding and laughing with each other 's remark or comment . He masterfully recreated a typical scenario for couples brewing a cold , unresolved or probably even unattended-to concern . He then moves to...