The introduction from Dombek's "Letter's to Williamsburg" is preparing the reader for a work that ties sexual behavior to God. The way it works is that we are always looking for someone other than ourselves rather than inside ourselves. In this union, Dombek believes, is where The reader can trace this back to our most visceral urge- to reproduce, and it makes sense that one who looks for God in others looks for God through sex. Dombek says that God is inconstant: God comes to her during sex and leaves when not 'engaged'. Dombek also seems to feel that believing in God any other way would only cause her to examine her shame.
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Dombek's conclusion ultimately leads the reader to believe that sex does not annhilate her belief in Godmakes her believe in God- or want to connect with God. Reading the conclusion isolated from the rest of the text, I initially believe that Dombek can't stand being settled into a monogamous relationship. This is evident in her listing his laundry contents: "two black t-shirts, two navy t-shirts, two long-sleeved t-shirts, and two pairs of jeans" makles her cry uncontrollably.
She later writes: "There is always a time when they turn away from you, together, and you panic, but if you can watch, just on the other side of the panic is a new kind of knowledge." By saying so, Dombek reveals that she's not perfectly confident, but she can meditate her way through it.
She took a chance by dropping her thing with God and realized that in doing so, she could find herself.
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Dombek's conclusion ultimately leads the reader to believe that sex does not annhilate her belief in Godmakes her believe in God- or want to connect with God. Reading the conclusion isolated from the rest of the text, I initially believe that Dombek can't stand being settled into a monogamous relationship. This is evident in her listing his laundry contents: "two black t-shirts, two navy t-shirts, two long-sleeved t-shirts, and two pairs of jeans" makles her cry uncontrollably.
She later writes: "There is always a time when they turn away from you, together, and you panic, but if you can watch, just on the other side of the panic is a new kind of knowledge." By saying so, Dombek reveals that she's not perfectly confident, but she can meditate her way through it.
She took a chance by dropping her thing with God and realized that in doing so, she could find herself.
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