Adaptation of "How I Met My Husband"

PLOT:
The plot of this story is about a young farm girl working for a higher class family. The story begins when Chris Watters (a man with a NEW airplane) lands across the street and sets up flying services. Edie takes interest to him quickly. This simple layout leads the audience to assume that Chris is Edie's future "husband." It turns out that Chris is simply a detour to lead the readers to false assumptions, so the ending would be much more suprising. If I were adapting this story into a movie, I would most definitely leave the structure of the plot the way it is. Audiences always try to guess the outcome of a movie, and LOVE when the ending throws a curveball.

POINT OF VIEW:
The short story is told in first person point of view. Edie, the hired help, is the narrator. She is looking back, recalling how she met her husband. Although Edie does give some insight on how the other characters act, I think it would be more efficient if she was an omniscient narrator. Some of the things that happen are not fully explained. If it were a movie, all these events would be acted out and the people's reactions would be seen. I think making it into a movie would add much more depth to the story.

CHARACTERIZATION:
The characters in the story are all very unique. I would consider them all to be round as well. Edie plays a smart young farm girl who thinks the lives of her host family are unessecary. She also proves to be innocent. Loretta Bird, the nosy neighbor, also helps to progress the story with her gossip..always announcing everything she hears. The parents of Edie's host family are said to be trusting, but very proper, compared to Edie. If I were to make a movie, the characters would for sure have more depth than they do. It is hard to characterize people in a story only 3-4 pages in length.

SETTING:
The story is set in a rural area in the earlier days of "airplanes." Although this family lived in a farm area, they were consider proper city people. Edie suggested the silly stuff they did as this "high-end, high-educated" family. The rural setting is signifcant in that Chris Watters sets up his camp and flying services in the field across the street. I think the setting is essential to the flow and the plot of the short story. Also, the interactions between Edie (farm girl) and the proper family she worked for help to characterize all the characters and their motives.

THEME:
I believe the theme of the work is to never assume life is like a fairytale. In the end, Edie meets her true husband (the mailman) while waiting for a letter from Chris each day. It's easy for the audience to think the ending will be another sappy, unrealistic love story, but it takes a totally different turn. If this were a movie, I think people would appreciate this ending much better. Of course it isn't a romantic love story like most box office hits, but it shows a sense of reality in life. It send the message that life is mostly normal and it's common to be "average."