Teppei Kubo 304 Hn
English Literature:
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Diary entries by Pelagia and Mandras
1. Pelagia
It is times like this that I feel most free. I am so glad that I can share my thoughts and open my heart to you like I do to you. You are the only one that will actually listen to me rather than just hear me, which is why I can speak about my real feelings for Mandras. I really love him, I do. But I still don’t feel we’re communicating like we should do. It’s just like the usual man and woman relationship, and that isn’t what I want. Papakis says that there shouldn’t be any discussions about things like war and Mussolini but I always wonder why not. Do all women end up as domestic slaves without ever being able to express their opinions about the world? Whenever I try to talk to Mandras about war, he’s either up an olive tree pretending to be Tarzan, or he just laughs and kisses me and tells me how much he loves me. I love him too… of course, but I just feel that our relationship can be something completely different to what it is now. Oh, I nearly forgot… he did something today that made me drop all my medicines that I was meant to give to Papakis and nearly made me die of laughter at the same time. He was doing monkey impressions up an olive tree…you had to be there to find it as funny as I did. Oh I love him so much…