nicoles entry

fate and chance play an extremely important role in The Blizzard. i found it very interesting how even though Marya loses her first lover, Vladimir she still has Burmin. the Blizzard struck me as a very differetn type of love story because the plot really strayed away from the conventional love story. i recall reading Micheals bolg and completely agreeing with his observation of having the scenarios of the traditional romantic stories and this story is almost in a way a hybrid in that it combines both of the scenarios and making them extremely relevant to one another.