Grace Paley wrote a story, "Wants", which deals with the fact that there is more to life than just wanting to have possession of a certain item. Sometimes when two people have different attitudes, outlooks, and values in life, their personalities tend to clash. This is exactly what happened to the two characters in the story.
At the very beginning, a woman is at the library when her ex-husband walks by her.
"Hello my life"(8). Her husband replies bitterly by saying
"What? What life? No life of mine" (8).
The ex-husband selfishly makes it seem like he does not want to acknowledge the fact that they were married for 27 years. He clearly just "wants" to erase his ex-wife completely from his memory and move on. However, that is obviously not possible for him to forget her entirely.
The ex-husband could be described as a callow and materialistic person. "In many ways, as I look back, I contribute the dissolution of our marriage to the fact that you [ex-wife]......

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Title: Wants By Gracey Paley
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