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`Window` by Deborah Eisenberg

She 'd been in no position at that moment to be thinking of the sort of questions whose answers are , Go back to sleep (292

She depends on Eli to make her happy- an attitude that yields detrimental consequences to her mental health . Since he was the one to rescue her from her lonely life she attributes the power to create happiness to him . This is a belief that exercises powerful control over her . This is made clear when she is standing in her half-sister 's dark kitchen quietly reflecting on her life

with Eli . There 's nothing in front of her . But then rising up behind her the moving shadows of trees of the muddy road , of cars , of faces- Nonie , Roger , Liz , the girls from the distant farms , Eli . At the dark center of the water her own face is indistinct (281 ) Her sense of self is overshadowed by the sense of belonging she had experienced with Eli . Even after recalling the moment of her husband physically striking her she stops to wonder why her sister , Alma had been gone so long and then thinks she 's just glad to have had this time with Eli (308 ) Only someone who is mentally disturbed would recall such a moment in time with fondness . As the story comes to a close Kristina thinks Better keep moving . New names , new histories , a nondescript room in a busy city where she 'll be able to lose herself and Noah . Watching , hiding , running- that way at least she 'll be with Eli for good (308 ) In this way Kristina will hold Eli in her mind forever as he was before he violated their relationship with physical abuse- her ray of sunshine in a bleak , dark , lackluster existence...

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