This scene connects back to our theory of gender because Cross only saw Martha as a sexual object and when she gave energy off that she wanted to start a family with him it made him feel a sense of safeness and comfort. Which is how women are seen as in life and in the book which is far from what they are. And with males communication is sometimes vuglar and they don't know how that can affect people and others.
I must confess..
I want to start a family with him someday...
In this scene O'brien talks about another story between Mary Anne and Fossie in where Mary is assimilating into the Vietnamese culture and Fossie doesn't know how to feel. But in the end, they still love each other.This connects back to our gender theory because women are easily able to adapt to new things in relationships whereas men tend to shy from changing new things but that is what keeps people together because there is a constant contrast
*Ignores it
I love the Vietnamese culture!!
I really don't know man...
why do you still wear her pantyhose around your neck she left you?