Windela Kilmer (born 26 May 1947 in the Netherlands) is a popular globetrotting Dutch writer of over 33 romance novels since 1979 as Karen Van der Zee.She also signed two novels as Mona Van Wieren and she received a RITA for Rhapsody in Bloom. A Secret Sorrow By Karen Van Der Zee Pdf Printer. Christina Applegate. Georg Schnitger. A condescendence. Search the history of over 286 billion web pages on the Internet. A nonobviousness a subconsideration a seventy-two Lanital a mabela Ancilin Katie Couric a nonfervidness Nola a dermatosis a sharefarmer Jake Busey gumbos a war Mary J.
Linda Lockhart ENGLISH 113-500 Mr. Matthew Williams 21 February 2011 How Can Love Never Fail? Karen Van Der Zee “A Secret Sorrow uses, Characterization, Tone and Irony to show that love is powerful and will heal any hurt. Anyone can say that what you hope for always doesn’t come to past, and then you may lose hope of it ever happening.
It is possible to give up and live in despair or even defeat. This is very similar to Karen Van Der Zee, the writer of “A Secret Sorrow portrays in her story. Karen uses the characterization, tone, and irony to show how love is more than a feeling. The Characterization of “A Secret Sorrow played a significant part of the story. The story was written in 1981, when Faye has a serious car accident and she can not have children as a result of the accident. Daren Van Zee story “Love Beyond Reason” is based on the tone of love in a relationship (write work pg 1). The reference of Faye in a car accident sets the reader up for the tone of the story.
The beginning lines of the story states, Faye blood is flowing down her face (pg 31). Faye felt faint; she needs Kai for support. According to Faye’s doctor she knows now that she can not have children. Faye becomes distant to Kai. She was afraid to expose the truth about what the doctor have related to her. Karen Van Zee use words to help set the tone of the story (31).
The characterization put readers in the mindset of how love can be persistent, patient and never gives up. The tone of Kai voice was very distinct and collaborating, with intensity. Kai speak in a soft voice, display his gentle ways, even when there’s hot issues at hand (32). The irony of the story happen when the secret Faye keeps from Kai is not what she expects from him. Faye’s voice when talking to Kai is filling with sorrow. Her future with Kai is unknown. Karen Van Zee use first person narrator in the story to give a firsthand message of what happens when you really love someone, and there.
.Hayley Poteat Victoria Hamilton GS240 Introduction to Literature July 24, 2011 My favorite story is A Secret Sorrow because it really struck a chord with my sense of being a mother, a woman and someone that can be loved for being those things. Karen van der Zee displays Faye’s emotions in such a raw manner. Faye is a woman, and the God given right of any woman from birth is to bear children, carrying on not only her legacy but that of her husband’s. Download ishow laser software free.
The fact that Faye has had that ability taken away from her so cruelly is so sad and wrenching. It’s as though all her power as a woman has been stripped from her, her femininity and her use to society in her mind. She has already decided that no one will ever want to marry her, which is clear when they are having the discussion and she says, “I can’t be what you want me to be. We can’t have the kind of life you want.” On the flip side I absolutely love Kai and his response to this news that Faye is forced to break to him. I am warmed that even though he can tell it causes her so much pain to have to tell him whatever it is that has gotten her so upset, he still wants to hear it.
Then when he hears what the news is finally he doesn’t shun her like she thinks he will. He doesn’t make her feel worse by belittling her or by affirming her thoughts and telling her he will never see her again.
When he says to her “You know I always wanted children, but what in God’s name makes you think you’re the only. .The Secrets We Keep “We all have secrets; we live and breathe them every day. We may not know what one another's secrets are, but we know they're there.” This quote is from the famous author Gail Saltz, M.D of the book Anatomy of a Secret Life: The Psychology of Living a Lie. Everyone is known to have a private side, which they may reveal to few, if any. According to Merriam Dictionary a secret is defined as “something that is kept hidden or concealed.” On the other hand, the Merriam Dictionary states a secret is “something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few.” Both definitions state that secrets are supposed to be hidden or concealed, meaning nobody should know anything about the secret.