In five pages this paper analyzes the text by Eva Stachniak in terms of infidelity and affairs from a psychological standpoint. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
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to add, is the reason why one find it necessary and what would drive a person to do such a thing. In Eva Stachniaks debut novel, Necessary Lies, the main
character, Anna, finds herself facing several choices, most of them forced upon her by societal pressures. The affair in the marital relationship is caused by societal influence, the change of
culture, time, and personal psychological needs. It is the year 1981. Poland. Everywhere there is despair. Martial law has been declared. But, in the midst of it all, Anna is
happy. She has received her Canadian permits. The heroine Anna can hardly believe her good luck when, in the summer of 1981, her Canadian permits arrive. Anna departs to
begin her studies and teaching at a Canadian University. Though she is married to someone in Poland, she falls for another instructor, who teaches music. His name is William.
This complicates matters for Anna. She is still, legally, married to Peter in Poland. She now must confront her once rigid moral framework with the new framework that she has
embraced as a Canadian. The psychological pressures that this character deals with are immense when one stops to consider them. First, Anna comes to a new culture. She must adapt
to new ways of doing things, and to a more liberal atmosphere. Their ways are not the ways she is familiar with, nor the way in which she was brought
up. Nonetheless, she adapts and finds those things which are similar. Those elements of similarity help her to finally feel comfortable in Canada. Secondly, she is facing the loneliness
of being different from others around her. Sometimes the very attempts she makes at being one of the crowd backfires on her. She tries too hard and gets her feelings