So, right smack in the middle of this historical literature--non-fiction novel, here we have this Black romance love traingle or quadrangle, if you will. Who is in love, and how are they defining it? Love makes us do crazy things. But, is it true that a man can love a woman and beat her senseless? The author contends that Lee Hiram really was in love with Vivian, and it is not necessarily so that Henry loved her more. Both men had a sort of insatiable passion for her, and they each expressed that passion in different ways, according to their personal spheres of references. So, we have immature love...and this is the kind that one can argue really isn't love at all--and we have mature love. Yes, immature love can obviously grow into maturity, but sometimes the damage during immature love can be so extensive that the possibility of a future healthy relationship is retarded. This is why Making Mary as a love story is so compelling. The reader wants so many things to happen...and this is because most readers will be able to identify with the events and characters. The author writes it so that most people can relate to many aspects of each character.
The biblical Joseph was in love with Mary, and she him, but he was a mere carpenter---not suitable as a husband for the protected Mary. Eventually, he married someone else and had children, but his love for Mary was everlasting. And when Mary was in trouble, of course he would be the one to come to her aid. He would make sure no harm came to her--he would be her knight in shining armor. Hiram Abiff would wake up and do the job of a builder...if he could.
In Making Mary, every reader's heart will be touched to experience Henry's unending devotion to Mary. |
