The Engagement A Story Analysis

Though Rachel do say a lot of random funny things like “give up the goat" (23). However most of her misleading saying follows an irony. For example in book three when Rachel says “I'm willing to be a philanderist for peace" (269). Rachel really meant a philanthropist, the type of person who is goodhearted and kind. I did not know the words philanderist so I looked up in the dictionary and it comes from the word philanderer which means a man who likes many women or a womanizer. This is ironic because that’s the person Rachel kind of became at the end after she went through multiple husbands. I enjoyed reading Rachel’s parts because with all the serious political events and somber personal events going on in the book, it is a pleasure to see

As a child and teenager Rachel (Ruth’s Jewish name) is intensely lonely, but she does connect with one friend in high school. How does that relationship influence her?

Rachel is first introduced into the play at the very beginning where we see she has gone to the jail to visit her boyfriend Bert Cates. Rachel is very desperate to try and get Bert to just throw himself at the mercy of the court and admit that what he did was wrong. She just wants to be with him. As she enters the jail she speaks to Meeker saying “Mr Meeker, don’t let my father know I came here”, This quote portrays Rachel’s character very well. She is shy and lacks confidence, obviously worried of what would happen if her father found out she was visiting Cates, the enemy to her father at this point. She has lived her life in fear of her father and because of she followed everything

Rachel is a generally nervous person throughout the course of the story. She constantly worries about what the town, and more specifically her father, might think. Lawrence and Lee establish this when Rachel goes to the jail to visit

Adam's job definitely wasn't the easiest for a girlfriend, so in the beginning Rachel didn't worry when he didn't contact her. Then she started wondering what was happening, and it wasn't long until she was beside herself with anxiety. She didn't have anyone she could tell about it. Her friends from school didn't really know about her boyfriend's job, and her mother... She had enough on her plate. There was no way she was going to burden her with that story.

They say all marriages go through something like this” (98). This thought of Rachel’s is interesting. For me, it emphasizes her misconception that women should simply accept infidelity as the norm. Infidelity is defined as a breach of mutual trust in an intimate relationship. In the beginning of the novel, Rachel believes that this definition applies only to women. Subsequently, we observe Rachel to become depressed and deeply saddened as she views herself as the victim being blamed for her husband’s

Poor old Rachel.” , also: Jared: "I could have stopped them, maybe. Only I wouldn’t, I didn’t… She’d be alive. Not dead.”

Later in life, Rachel preferred to ignore troubles in the country where she basically grew up and separate herself from any challenges. Leah, although influenced by her love for Anatole, stayed and tried to help people as much as she could. Rachel and Leah are very different people, which is why their responses to the challenges presented to them are very different as

Rachel complements Jordan. She’s the brainac, who likes the good life, and is more practical. She’s more mature. As mentioned, it might not be the most effective idea to already have her established as the girlfriend. The alternative is to give Jordan a girlfriend, who doesn’t like his decision and they break up because the magic isn’t there

Therefore, when Matthew Harrison Brady, a respected member of the Christian community, claims the Bible speaks “[their] Truth” and science is blasphemous (Lawrence and Lee 21), Rachel knows to listen.   She holds the beliefs of Christians like her father and Brady as the unquestionable truth.  When Bertram Cates asks her if she believes what he did was wrong, she says “everybody” in the town thinks it was wrong without giving her own opinion (12).  

So Jacob worked for an additional seven years to marry Rachel. Rachel and Jacob finally got married and eventually had children but Rachel died after the second child was

Rachel first met Jacob on a day she was late to the well. The others were waiting on her because they needed all the men - ahem - and women to roll the stone away from the mouth of the well. Her lateness and inconsiderate nature pays off today.

During her daily trip, she looks out the train and examines a couple named Scott and Meghan. She has no relationships with these characters but she calls them Jess and Jason, idolizing them. Rachel can describe them very clearly and knows a lot about their lives just by seeing into their house for seconds twice a day. Rachel relates to this “perfect” couple easily because she used to share similar moments with her ex-husband Tom. In a sense, Rachel is jealous of them. In the beginning, she just watches everyday but something changes and then it all is different. Rachel witnesses Meghan kissing another man and she does not think much of it until in the next couple days, Meghan goes missing. Rachel takes matters into her own hands and decides that she needs to figure out what happened. Watson felt obligated to tell Scott because that is how she lost her husband Tom and she was concerned about this seemingly perfect couple. She works up courage and goes to the police to report what she has witnessed and what she knows about the couple. The police were confused and skeptical of her story due to not being able to validate

Fans are not used to seeing Rachel in this kind of relationship on UnREAL and Sarah shared the details about why this relationship could be different for her. It looks like she has found someone that might just be right for her.

When Jacob finally arrives in Haran, Jacob falls in love with Rachel and offers himself to her father, Laban, in return for her. However, on their wedding night, Laban tricks Jacob by switching Rachel with his eldest daughter Leah. When Jacob realizes what happened, he demands that Rachel be married to him as well. Unbeknownst to him, Rachel could not bear children as she was “barren”, however since God was