Friends,

Recently I read the book Blindness, and it was quite bizarre to be honest.  The plot was very interesting overall but the characters were very strange to see through.  The main character, the doctor's wife, is seen by many of the readers as the witness, who has to see what these blind people do. But that isn't the point of her role.  To many the very presence of this woman is both baffling and horrific in some senses.
Why would she stay with her husband when he doesn't treat her right?  He doesn't respect her or value her to much degree, even considering the lengths she took to remain  with him.  Her husband even cheats on her in front of her.  It seems that even though the wife cared enough to go after the doctor, it wasn't anywhere near the feeling of love.  It seems more like a sibling relationship, just without as much warmth.  But that still leaves an important question, why did she stay?  As we saw the asylum had gotten worse and worse.  When people needed to go to the bathroom they couldn't find room so they just pooped everywhere, yet she remained.  Many people think taht she is horrible to stay there and say nothing and not tell them taht she can see, but why should she.  We don't know what the others would have done to her.  The fact that they are blind and she isn't is a great chance for bitterness and resentment to occur.  I highly admire her for staying because even with all the disruption and horrible occurrences she remains in the asylum.  She is courageous and patient, traits that are so often lost to humanity that we need the tales of books and movies to remind us of its glories.