Response Paper

           In the story "Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs"  by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni it says "And now it all makes sense that the beauty and the pain should be part of each other." (56) If you look around in life you can see that that statement has a lot of truth.  If you don't experience the pain and get though it in life you wont experience the beauty in life. So it does make sense that beauty and pain should go together.
          There is no good times or beautiful times without pain. Looking back at the story it talks about her Aunt and Uncle and the ruff patch they are going though in their marriage. It shows that there is hard times in life but as long as you work though them and get past the painful time, beautiful and happy times will come. Plus if there weren't any bad times we wouldn't know what a good time was or in other words if there wasn't any painful times we wouldn't know what a beautiful times we have. 
           "The snow falls on them, chill, stinging all the way to the bone. But after a while the excruciating pain fades." (56) At the end of the story she holds her hands out in the snow until they stop hurting from the cold. Than she can gaze at the beautiful sight of her hands completely covered in snow. That also shows that beauty and pain should go together. If she didn't get though the pain and continue to hold her hands out, than she would of never experienced the beautiful sight of her hand covered in snow. So in life if we don't stay positive and work though the hard times we will never experience the beauty in life. Getting though the hard times will make it all worth it when you are going though the beautiful times in life. 
          Right before she notices that pain and beauty go together she plays back of the memory of her Uncles, "scraped knuckles, arcing though the air to knock aunt's head sideways." (56) They had beautiful times before this but now its pain. But they work together and forgive each other and it becomes a endless cycle in life beauty then pain, then pain then beauty again. That is why beauty and pain should and are part of each other. When you endure pain it will magnify the beauty.
           In conclusion, pain and beauty do go together and if you learn how to get though the painful times you will have a better life. Just like the Uncle and Aunt learned how to forgive each other. Sometimes you will miss out on some beautiful times if you don't stay positive and get though the hard times but no matter how hard you try you will go though painful times and beautiful time because it is an endless cycle.