Love and Hate

What is love? Many people have asked that question over the years, and many answers have been given. Adam believes that he has found love in Cathy, but has he really? I feel as though he has just become infatuated with her and has fallen in love with her good looks. Since he does not know her on a personal level, and has not even had more than a handful of  conversation with her before he decides to marry her. He only wishes to sweep her off her feet and to care for her because that is all he knows. He does not even realize it when Cathy is unable to respond with the same amount of admiration because it is foreign to her, and he does not pick up on it because he had never received it before. He does not know what it feels like to receive affection. He only desires to care for someone as he has during his time in the military. The only relationship he has the consists of love is with his brother Charles who loves him despite the way he acts. At first glance one would think that he hates Adam when really he does not. Charles loves Adam and becomes depressed when he leaves him. All Charles wants is companionship with Adam and becomes lonely every time Adam leaves him for one of his adventures. He is at fault for allowing his jealousy to come between them, if he was able to love Adam without it then they would have a closer bond. He even tries to warn him about Cathy when Adam marries her. Cathy seems to be unable to love anyone including herself. She does not have enough self respect to not sleep around and maintain her dignity. She has the opportunity to find a suitable partner, such as Adam, but does not want to and decides to refuse love and only sleep around with various men. It is almost as though she hates everyone, even herself. She sets her parents' house on fire and killing them, she attempts to kill her own unborn child and almost kills herself showing that she does not cherish her life, and she condemns herself to live a hard life having to sell her body for a living instead of living comfortably with Adam and her children.