Character Analysis and Religious Symbolism in Greenberg’s And Sarah Laughed >From the beginning of her career, Joanne Greenberg has excelled in creating thoughtful characters fighting to portray their independent spirit. (Hallsworth, 2) And Sarah Laughed is a short story of the lives of an unlikely couple who are living worlds apart despite the fact that they have been happily married for the past 25 years. Greenberg, whose writing incorporates a religious symbolism, pens a touching story …showed first 75 words of 1117 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1117 total…tie this short story neatly together and Greenberg’s writing is strong as she indicated that sometimes we fail to reach out to the potential that is there for us to change our lives. Ultimately, through her touching words and religious pattern of writing, Greenberg proves to us in her characters that love is helpless against the ironies of miscommunication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** WORKS CITED Hallsworth, 2: Caroline M. Hallsworth, Cambrian College, critic for Barnes and Noble.