Lust

“Lust is disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual desire (4).” The short story, Lust, written by Susan Minot, focuses on a female that experiences a great deal of lust. The meaning of lust to a female is much different than that of a male. The young girl in the story expressed lust as an “instant desire;” wanting to spend lots of time in bed with the person she had just slept with, which is …

…women to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart (3).” The girl in the story, Lust, wants to spend time in bed with the man she had just slept with, but that is not the case. Men in the story pursued their lust for the girl in route to get pleasure without the emotional attachment. Moreover, lust can best be described as an emotional wound. “Almost all emotional wounds are self-inflicted (1).”