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Reincarnation In John Butler's Jealous Husband

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When individuals think about reincarnation, they tend to visualize Ghandi or cats, who acquire nine lives. Their bodies transform into another living thing such as animals or humans to fulfil their duty in life. Olen Butler in “Jealous Husband” immerses his readers into a situation where an ex-husband reincarnates into a parrot to win his ex-wife back. The symbols of imagery, dialogue, and physical transformation Butler utilizes express the feelings of jealousy, communication, and regret between the wife and husband.
In most relationships, communicating is a sign that you’re interested or would like to be involved in one’s life. Failure to do so leads to unwanted questioning, consequences, or breaking up/ divorcing. The scene begins in a local pet shop when the ex-wife walks in with her beau to buy a pet parrot, who is the reincarnated ex-husband. Immediately, readers visualize the tenseness between the parrot and ex-wife as she does not recognize him. It is interpreted that the wife and husband had hefty troubles in their marriage that led to arguments and unfaithfulness.
When the husband was a human; he failed to listen to his wife of what she truly wanted, which led to her being unfaithful and the …show more content…

The symbols of imagery, dialogue, and physical transformation Butler utilizes express the feelings of jealousy, communication, and regret between the wife and husband. He desired for his readers to connect this to society of how relationships work, second chances, adultery, and weak communication as these things occur in couples. The losing of trust, mystery, and suspicion in relationships can defeat a person to the point of death. Individuals should make the most out of their lives, a life filled with no regrets because life is too beautiful and priceless. It happens fast and is too short to not make the most of

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