In some relationships between couples, things may not go according to plan. There are stones in their paths that do not allow them to continue on, as a couple. In How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llwellyn, characters are unable to express their true feelings for each other. Mr. Gruffydd and Owen do not follow the real desires of their hearts because their pride gets in the way; this decision ends up hurting not …showed first 75 words of 988 total…

…showed last 75 words of 988 total…the love needed from their sweethearts, life is incomplete for the women. The road for Mr. Gruffydd and Angharad's relationship is unpaved, bumpy and curvy. Owen and Marged's road has slight bumpy roads and the occasional paved road, with a few glitches in them. Not all roads are perfect. Relationships can often be compared to a road because they both are imperfect and have stones in the path, which stop them from continuing their ways.