Guilty or Not?

Courtney Olexa
October 20, 2014
Blog #2 English 11

 

Guilty or not?

            “Oh, she’d answered all the questions, but that wasn’t the same as telling the whole story. How could she, when it still wasn’t clear?” Gabriella alleged to why her boyfriend is currently in Jasper hospital. She is one of the characters in the short story “Bluffing” by Gail Helgason. Liam who is a self-absorbed arrogant mountain guide who thinks he so high end and is very over confident with his work. “One day,” he would exclaim “[I will] have [my] photo in Glossy Magazines for high-tech outdoor gear. Prestigious companies [will] seek [my] endorsement.” Gabriella had been so content about wanting to settle down and put a lease down on a house with the one she loves, but Liam clearly only has interest in himself and his job. “I’m glad. I thought you would have been here before this,” states Liam. He has not paid attention to Gabriella and her visits to the hospital for the past three weeks after the bear attack during their hike up to the lake. Knowing that Gabriella is a biology teacher and that Liam is a mountain tour guide. You would assume that Liam would be more educated in the outdoors and know what to do and what not to do in a predicament with a Grizzly Bear. But as a result, Gabriella was the one who did the right thing in this situation. “I meant for the bear to come after me instead of you” exclaimed Liam. To Gabriella’s defence she has heard enough of Liam and his falsehoods. Does she still believe that he is going to keep wanting to tour guide and want to travel to New Mexico after the incident? Or will she leave him if he doesn’t want to sign the one-year lease demand because she believes it will keep “holding them [together].”