Rice Husband

The Story “Rice Husband” focuses on the life and story of Lena. In this tale, Lena is now married to a guy who works in the same architect company as she, and has just bought a new house. When her mother comes by for a visit, she says that her house is too expensive for a done up barn and a mildew stained pool. The story also focuses around the fact that Lena’s mother can somehow predict the future and knows what is going to happen in her family. The tale reminisces on a story her mother told her long ago, about her future husband and how not eating enough food and being wasteful led up to her ending up with her present beau. Lena’s mother claims that she has married a bad man because she did not eat as much as she should as a child. During this time, Lena’s marriage is clearly depicted as being less than great. They must split everything, including bills, house payments, date expenses, etc.. all down the middle, and her mother tells her that that is not good. i agree with her mother because you are in a marriage which is a union of 2 people so you should not split anything you should share eveything. He seems to treat Lena as more of a room mate than a wife. At the end of the story, despite the fact that Lena’s marriage isn’t perfect, she finds out that she has inherited the same gift that her mother has.