This paper is on "The Judge's Wife" it is about two close knit families, are broken because a conflict reflecting personal value breaks these ties.

Close Knit Family In Isabel Allende's short story, "The Judge's Wife" the idea of family togetherness seems to be a main theme throughout the story. Familial ties are recognized as binding the two families depicted in this story, even though in the case of one of them, the family members are not close. The idea that blood is thicker than water leads to an action taken by the main character in the story that will …

…one self then the tie is broken in order to save his/her life. It is hard to stay close to his/her family when it is between the meaning of life and death, but one should do whatever he/she can to help one another out. Work Cited Allende, Isabel. "The Judge's Wife". Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1999. 381-386