Do not assume, because it makes...

This story has a very nice twisting ending that helps make its theme a little more understandable. Just like life, no one can predict what will happen next, and if a person assumes one thing, they will more than likely lose sight of what is important. If Edie had waited everyday by the mailbox, she would have ended up like Alice. holding onto the past and assuming someone was telling the truth, and assuming the best in people they are seduced by. Just like the reader assumes that the pilot will become her husband. The reader that assumed that was wrong in the end. And honestly her life is better because she dropped her assumptions. People need to drop their assumptions to have a better life.