The Affair
In this paper I will try to explain to you why Deborah Bronski had an affair with
Christopher de Monti when she knew it was wrong. Deborah and Christopher are both
characters in the book Mila 18 by Leon Uris.
In Deborah's childhood there were some reasons that could have caused her to
have an affair. Her childhood is outlined below with some of the things that may have
caused her to have this affair.
Deborah Androfski married Paul Bronski at the age of eighteen. Deborah stepped
into the world too fast, she had not experienced it enough. She had never really been
with any other man. It seemed throughout their marriage that what Deborah's mother
told her about men was true.
Deborah's mother told her to be careful of those boys. She told her that they
would make her pregnant. Deborah first became pregnant, and recalled what her mother
said to her.
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Deborah Mees and choir 02Deborah also recalled her mother telling her that sex was ugly and painful. Paul
Bronski asked Deborah to get an abortion because she was so young. This was very
painful for her. When in bed Deborah served her sentence. The guilt of sex was deeply
implanted in her. She practiced pretending to enjoy love-making so as to not offend her
husband. Deborah didn't experience either fulfillment or the smaller pleasures of
love-making. She was totally unemotional.
When Deborah met Christopher she said she was drawn to him like a little girl
that took his hand and was led through the black evil forest to the golden castle that sat
on a cloud. The time when they had done everything but go to bed came. Deborah threw
a tantrum, and Chris understood completely that it was her fear of an inability to perform.
Deborah opened...