This story was interesting. It was about mthe Morel family. Geitrude was. Lclever and competent . Walter , her husband, an uneducated coal miner. From now on, the story concerns Paul's conflict between his love for his mother and his need to grow up and have a sexual experience. Eventually, he slept with Miriam, but the relationship failed. But he realoizes thadedt Clara is not his soul mate. Meanwhile, Gertrude dies of cancer. Paul felt a strong pull towards death, but the life argued in him proved stronger and he sat off to begin life anew.