{Ruthie} ... if he was a good man, how could he leave me? So he must not be a good man. But if he isn't good, then why does it hurt so much to lose him?
In the novel "Enchantment" by Orson Scott Card, the character Ruthie grapples with her feelings about a man who has left her. She questions his character, believing that if he were truly a good person, he wouldn't have abandoned her. This internal conflict leads her to conclude that he must not be good, as a good man wouldn't hurt someone he cared about.
The complexity of her emotions highlights the intricacies of love and loss. Despite her judgment of his character, she is still deeply affected by his absence, revealing that emotional pain can coexist with moral assessments of others. Ruthie's struggle illustrates how love can complicate our understanding of good and bad, making it difficult to reconcile feelings of loss with perceptions of a person's worth.
