Topic > Analysis of Say Yes by Tobias Wolff - 737

So how did the transition from stable marriage to demolition happen as the story nears its end in the last paragraph? “The room was quiet. His heart beat as it did on their first night together, as it did when he woke up to a noise in the darkness and waited to hear it again: the sound of someone moving through the house, a stranger."(4) First, reflects the change in the relationship from mutual trust and love to mutual embarrassment and uncertainty as a result of the Love Test Because her husband's responses and actions disappoint Ann greatly with his superficiality, the request “Turn off the Ann's light” (4) can be interpreted as if she does not want to face the fact of having to sleep with a man who cannot be trusted