A summary of the short story "The Trip to Halawa Valley" by Jay Babson

        "The Trip to Halawa Valley," is a short story written by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. The story is about a son succeeding and getting married in Hawaii, and the reunification of his divorced parents. The parents become the main focus of the story when the son suggests that they go on a trip to Halawa Valley.         In this story Schwartz is trying to show people that once you make a decision it is very hard to …

…not to get back together. Throughout the story they both hint at getting back together, and once they even made love. After they did though, Lois realized that she was wrong in making love to him and that they could never get back together. Schwartz uses their unsuccessful attempts at reaching Halawa Valley as a comparison to the relationship. This is done by showing how the two attempts at reaching the valley failed, and h