The Boiled Frog

They say that if you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will leap right out to escape the danger. But, if you put a frog into a pot filled with water that is cool and pleasant, and then you gradually heat the kettle until it starts boiling, the frog will be unaware of the threat until it is too late. This parable is often used to illustrate how humans have to be careful to watch slowly changing trends in their surroundings, such as in a marriage, for example, not just the sudden changes. It's a warning to keep us paying close attention, not just to obvious threats, but also to more slowly developing ones. Hannah is a strong girl becoming a woman with a supportive family until fate steps in and threatens to change the strong woman she has worked so hard to become. Hannah has always been reminded by her mother of the three boys that she grew up with and how each one would make excellent husband material. Unfortunately for Hannah, she chooses wrong thus hurling herself into a violent existence with her mistake, but just when she thinks it can't get any worse, it does and through her persistence and strong nature, she climbs out the other side a better woman, thus opening herself up to something new.