“Catch the Moon,” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and “The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant,” by W.D. Wetherell develop the ideas of being lost and found in love. Cofer discusses the topic of finding one’s way with the help of love, while Wetherell discusses losing oneself in love. Love is described as a “quality or feeling.” In the two stories, love is much more than that. It is what forces the two characters, Luis and the narrator, to make important decisions and come upon realizations. Sometimes, life trips people up, and it takes something huge for them to change. Love was the motivation for Luis and the narrator to become better, wiser people. Luis, from “Catch the Moon,” lost his mother, and himself. He was participating in illegal activities
Luis was growing up into the life of gang banging, gaining a reputation in San Gabriel by being scouted into bigger gangs in the area. Increasing his involvement in the gang by stealing form stores, to eventually being part of premeditated arson and murders. Luis was well on his way to a life in prison or worse, death. By growing up during a time of racial discrimination, options were limited to becoming a factory worker or gangster. Luis met
What is love? Love is some good feeling to some thing and someone, and it occasionally makes people awkward. When we hear “story about love”, people likely to imagine that romantic story between man and women like I did so. Title led me to think that the story was going to about the romantic love story in L.A. However In the story Dagoberto Gilb, “Love in L.A.” " Approaching Literature: Reading, Writing, and Thinking, 3rd ed. Peter Schakel and Jack Ridi, eds. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. 113-115. Print. Love is not described in this way, but this story shows, instead, love in reality life using car accident, and also love for possibilities in life.
Love is a universal truth that is portrayed similarly in both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. Two members of warring groups fall in love. Love is something that we can all relate to in one way or another and it will never change over time. In Romeo and Juliet both Romeo and Juliet have such a strong love for each other that they both commit suicide when the other dies. In West Side Story, Tony and Maria talk of running away and they have such a strong love that they believe that they can end the hatred with their love.
Love is a powerful force that bonds people together through anything and everything. Love will make people do anything for the ones they love and sometimes can’t see the bigger picture. In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers in “fair Verona” from rival families come together in love. They instantly fall in love as soon as they lay eyes on each other and have to marry each other after only knowing each other for twelve hours. Romeo and Juliet have no idea what is to come due to their actions. Young love often results in a selfish isolation from the rest of the world which causes impulsive decisions that bring unintended consequences.
Love is something everyone feels, and is different for everyone. It can make people do things that they could never see themselves doing. It impacts everyone in their day to day lives. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, love is shown in a variety of ways and can make people do crazy things. Love can be friendly, forced, or romantic.
Love is many things other than being told 'I love you.' It is the small things that truly prove love. Harper Lee once said that her book To Kill A Mockingbird was a love story. This is true in many other than what people typically think of when they hear 'love story.' To Kill A Mockingbird is not about two people falling in love, but about the endearment towards different groups of people and family in a tough time during American history. In the book, Atticus shows love towards the black community through his actions. He also shows love towards his children in a distant yet caring way.
The character Luis in the book Catch the Moon changed in many ways when his mom died. One way that he changed was when he started doing dares and went to juvenile detention. This changed Luis because he thought the only way he could get over his mom’s death was by creating a gang. For example, the author states how Luis is escaping from his mother’s death, “Luis thought
Love is a force that inspires us to feel more, do more, and sometimes sacrifice for the object of our attention. Poems, music, relationships are all written in the name of love. There are six kinds of love, according to the ancient Greeks:
Many similarities that are narrated in the stories are familiar to the reader that may be going in their lives. Thus, the imaginations of these two authors brings the love to life as the reader is memorized of his/her own imagination is intrigued as the story unfolds increasing the excitement of what is to come next. The love between two people that grows deeper with every stolen moment. each precious touch no matter risks for that love. Falling in love is easy, but true love is much harder to find. relating to the events that occurred with the characters in the stories is what brings the excitement of reading.. Love has many effects on people and no two people react the exact same way. The perception of love plays a big part on the person(s) involved and the outcome of the relationships will vary from one person to another. Murder, deceit, lusting, underhanded maneuvers, cheating all are events that could occur in romance. Falling in love is a beautiful thing and in these stories dangerous enough to end up in death. Reality is; true love is hard to
Love is defined as the intense feeling of deep affection. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the attraction between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, does not factually classify as true love. Meanwhile, lust is a concept in which is commonly mistaken for love, which is very apparent throughout this classic “love story” of Romeo and Juliet. While others could debate that Romeo and Juliet’s love, was love at first sight, it is debateable that their feelings towards one another were pure lust. Romeo and Juliet are too immature to fully understand the concept of love as they are too young and hormone-driven, they were both in search for escapism from their present troubles, and they had an excessive amount of
Love is being willing to sacrifice everything for your everything, and giving your family, friends, and life for one person. Romeo gave everything for Juliet. He risked his family, his friends, his way of living, and his life in the pursuit of his true love. Juliet risked all that was central in influencing her to be the person she is, even
Love is a feeling between two people that comes with lots of emotions, respect, commitment, trust, honesty, and many other values. In the story The Great
Love is the most complex definition and no one can truly characterize what love is. People just know that love has a strong power can make them become a hero or loser, become a good or bad person, or become a different character. The story about Vanessa Woods’s life- an author of the Bonobo Handshake is a strong evidence of what love makes us change and how she fights herself to figure out who she is. Woods fell in love with her husband in a short period of time. Before she met him, she had an adventure life with her career. That was such a difficult time in her life. She would try to do everything to find which position fit on her such as measuring the temperature of Antarctica, write a book about children, magazine...she was stuck in her own path. However, her life had changed when she met and love her
According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, love is defined as “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; attraction based on sexual desire; affection and tenderness felt by lovers; affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interest; or an assurance of love.” In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, three different types of love are experienced: friendship love, true love, and self love. Each character experiences a different type of love, and in some cases it is not what they originally expected. The twisted, yet intriguing love story allows the reader to get lost in each characters emotions and development throughout the play. Many instances of love in the play are overwhelmed with a
Love is more than just physical attraction, it is the recognition and communication of two souls that will face all odds to meld and join the lives of two people, regardless of their differences. Through the use of familiarity, clichè, and diction, Jaci Burton develops the characters Logan and Desiree in the throes of passion and self-actualized love.