Introduction
Love is the most desirable feeling on the earth. People want to love and want to be loved, and the way of love expression may be absolutely different. There are people who can speak about their love every day, and those, who express their feelings by actions (give flowers or candies), but there are people who think that all of such sentimental expressions are not the affairs which should be provided by the men. Such men express their feelings by actions, which dissimulate their feelings. The main character of the story “Ava’s Man” by Rick Bragg is such a person, whose actions are not direct by they show his deep love and attachment.
Main Body
Plot discussion
The plot of the story focuses on Charlie Bundrum, Rick Bragg’s grandfather, and his family. Rick Bragg had never seen his grandfather as he had died two years before his birth, but he was told a lot of stories about this notable person, and the idea to write about his life appeared. The true story is about the family, which lived during the Great Depression on the South and who had to live a lot of times in order to find some source of income and be able to feed the family. To the point, Charlie Bundrum and his wife Ava had seven children and the times were so difficult that a lot of efforts had to be made in order to keep all of them fed.
The ways of love expression
Charlie Bundrum had to shift a lot of homes and works, it is difficult to mention professions which he was not involved in. He worked at steel mill not for money but for bacon and fruits, he worked as a roofer, but this work was not paid fully, as people could not pay their bills and he was selling moonshine. This person had never been educated, nevertheless, he was clever. He had never been tender, but his family knew that he loved them. He could express his thoughts in a rude way, but children knew this was not his anger, but the character.
Considering all these facts, it seems impossible to mention that he could love. But he could. His love to wife and children was shown by his desire to make them happy, to give them enough food and protection. A notable example of his love expression is when Charlie had almost killed the person with the aim to secure his family. He was able for everything but to make his family and friends protected. The main sense of Charlie’s life was to make his family happy. Working as carpenter or as a fisherman, as a roofer or whisky-maker, his main aim was the care about his family.
The level of Charlie Bundrum’s love
Analyzing the story from the point of view of love, it should be mentioned, that Charlie loved his family with real deep love, even as he had never told people about his feelings. There are few people who are eager for such love, who can fully give themselves for the benefit of his family. Never telling his children about love, they knew that the love of their father was even more than the love of those, who constantly repeat it, as love was proved by action.
Conclusion
In conclusion, there are a lot of ways to express love, and the least words are told and more real actions provided, the deeper and higher love takes place. The story under consideration shows that even rude, uneducated people can love real and deep love. The ability to love consists in the condition of soul, but not the level of education, the ability for declamation or just the behavior. Love is the inner condition of the soul, and sometimes poor people love higher.