Blog Post #3

In the story "The Room" I believe that Katherine has attempted to repress aspects of the nine-years-ago, life changing event.  She tries to go about her life without remembering the details that lead up to the event and that followed the event.  Her and her husband know that the killing was wrong, but they were not about to let it ruin their marriage.  They went along with their lives after the jury trial was over as if nothing had happened.  They did not speak of it and they only had little unimportant conversations that would not mean anything to either of them.  This was going along fine until Katherine started having an affair.  I think she just wanted to feel as if she was living again.  Once she started to feel that though, the repressed material began to return.  She started remembering and telling of the details that she experienced because she did not completely forget.  Repression may not be in our conscience awareness, but it doesn't fully go away, which is one reason why Katherine could have been having an affair.  The event nine years ago could have triggered her actions in doing something she already knew was wrong, but she continued it anyway.  Just like she did with her husband and the death of Sharon Ritchie.