Obsession In Judith Ortiz Cofer's 'Lessons Of Love'

In Ditto Buzzati’s “The Colomber”, Stefano’s obsession over the mysterious sea creature gives his life new direction. Since discovering the colomber, Stefano is drawn to the sea and has no choice but to abandon his life on land. This obsession gives Stefano an insane drive to stay one step ahead of the colomber. From a small steam freighter to a true merchantman, Stefano’s sea success grows incessantly. Therefore, the only reason Stefano is a great seaman is because of the colomber. This can be seen through his thriving success, and his lifelong obsession with the colomber.

Love in relationships intertwines two souls, two minds, and two bodies. It can grow and decay. It can be utterly selfish and entirely selfless. It is a silent agreement and a disruptive debate. It is both a question and an answer. It is a translucent dance between two imperfect beings, with melded minds and synced steps, to a melody of life. The slipups disrupt the chain of steps, and they can either learn and grow, or collapse and give up, or ignore it to where it is no longer a dance for two. In order for a relationship to flourish, it requires the right balance of guidance, communication, support and respect. The stories “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway and “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, there are differences and similarities between the American and Armand, and Jig and Desiree; which, through the imbalance of influence, communication, and respect, it created instability in their relationships.

Complications of Love In today's society, it is common for people to mislead those they love, one may wonder about the feelings of those who are put into this position. When Carol Schimpf wrote “Random Love,” she created a persona who was caught up in feelings towards someone who did not have their best interest in mind. Through Schimpf’s use of imagery, tone, and incremental refrains, she communicates the theme that people develop the mindset of it being acceptable to come and go from another person's life when that individual allows it to happen.

Love is a very complicated part of life. Sometimes it can be beautiful, but more often can cause great pain. Both of these stories involve love in similar ways, including the idea of a love

For example, behind the boy’s house is a “wild garden [that] contained a central apple-tree,” a clear allusion to the Garden of Eden. However, the image is distorted by a “rusty bicycle-pump” that the boy finds. He later sarcastically describes Mrs. Mercer’s collecting used stamps as having “some pious purpose” and notices “two men […] counting money on a salver,” an action that would not be permitted in a church as it would be viewed as crass and unholy. Ironically, the boy himself is guilty of twisting his religion to suit his own purposes. He believes that his love for Mangan’s sister is pure and holy, as shown by his attempt to deify her in his description of her as being not only “defined by light,” but also “touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck,” which is reminiscent of the Virgin Mary in Christian iconography. The religious imagery in “Araby” effectively showcases the narrator’s aversion to apotheosis and the practice of placing a person on such a pedestal. By presenting the information in such a way, the narrator once again conveys the fatuous tone by appearing regretful of what he believes to be his perversion of religion as a child and by portraying his actions as foolish and unreasonable. This is accomplished by contrasting the perversion of religion surrounding the protagonist with his deification of the object of his adulation.

In the stories “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, they are similar because they both deal with the wives being obsessed with something. Also in both stories their husbands are concerned and want to help them with their obsessions. The wife in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is obsessed with the wallpaper on the wall and sees it as another world. She believes that there is someone stuck behind the wall and is trying to get out. Tearing down the wall paper, she is trying to set them free. Later on in the story she then believes that she is the one trapped behind the wall paper. Not understanding her obsession with the wallpaper, her husband sees her being creepy and he faints. When her

Max Shulman’s piece, “Love is a fallacy” expresses many arguments expressed during every day social interactions. In the piece, the author comes into contact with his roommate, Petey Bellows and a possible love interest, Polly Espy. The author makes many unjustified guess pertaining to their wisdom and intelligence, and these false pretenses contribute to his interactions with the two, and he aims to take advantage of the opportunity of manipulating the two into achieving his own selfish desires. His plan backfires, and he is forced to reconsider his actions. In the process, Max Shulman reveals that his piece is both anti-women, anti-men, and Shulman underestimates the intuitive and emotional aspects of love.

The short story “Araby” by James Joyce is a young boy who has such an infatuation for his friend Mangan sister, he begins to idolize her as if she was a saint. This is when the idea of love and desire come into play. He simply can’t stop thinking about her and sees her in a godly like way. As the story begins to unfold the realization that the young boy doesn 't quite understand the concept of the illusion and the reality of what Mangan’s sister really means to him. The young boy realizes that his love and desire go hand in hand with the illusion and reality he has for Mangan’s sister. As well as the connection the author James Joyce brings to this short story “ Araby” represents how Joyce views these same ideas of Love, Desire, Illusion and Reality.

“Infatuation is when you find somebody who is absolutely perfect. Love is when you realize that they aren’t and it doesn’t matter” – Unknown. It is human nature to intertwine the meaning of the word “infatuation” and the word “love.” Moreover, the word love is thrown around so much in daily life that, now, it has lost its original meaning. People say that they love anybody and everybody; they believe that love is spread through favors and superficial actions that only benefit themselves. Most of the time people do not love another person, they only love the idea of what the person can do or the status of the person. In the book Paper Towns by John Green, Quentin (the narrator) idolizes his neighbor, and childhood crush, Margo Roth Spiegelman,

When the narrator first encounters the girl, his friend's older sister, he can only see her silhouette in the “light from the half-opened door”. This is the beginning of his infatuation with the girl. After his discovery, he is plagued by thoughts of the girl which make his daily obligations seem like “ugly, monotonous, child's play”. He has become blinded by the light. The narrator not only fails to learn the name of his “girl”, he does not realize that his infatuation with a woman considerably older than himself is not appropriate. He relishes in his infatuation, feeling “thankful [he] could see so little” while he thinks of the distant “lamp or lighted window” that represents his girl. The narrator is engulfed by the false light that is his futile love.

In the beginning of “Araby”, the narrator professes his infatuation with a girl over and over. In fact, his love for her is so extreme that he watches her closely and her beauty takes his breath away. However, he has not yet spoken to her. Therefore, this infatuation is based solely on looks, mannerisms, and the wonders of his young imagination. After quite the description of his feelings for her, the girl speaks to the narrator for the first time. When the girl speaks to the narrator they talk about a bazaar. Unfortunately for the narrator, she cannot go to this bazaar with him, and the boy decides that he will bring her back a gift. The narrator has this bazaar painted in his mind as a wonderful and exciting place, but when he arrives he

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In the book “Of Love and Other Demons” written by Gabriel Marquez, Main Character Sierva Maria is a young child whose existence had been neglected from birth by her father, The second Marquis of Casalduero, and her mother, a once powerful Merchant. She lives her life, peacefully, among the slaves in their quarters until she is one day bitten by a rabid dog. Once the news had spread of the bite, the question of not only life and death, but demonic possession and love come into play. The article, “By Love Possessed” written by A.S Byatt, closely analyzes the life Sierva suffered after the bite and if the demons in the title of the work are really the ones the Church believes is possessing her. Love is subliminally introduced throughout the piece and the only ‘demon’ named in the title. Knowing that love is the worst demon of all, the “other demons” mentioned in the work never resided in Sierva, but in the sins of man.

On his visit to the market place his anticipation is downtrodden by the real condition of “Araby” in contrast to his expectations, the boy feels disregarded by the lady at the bazaar who cares for nothing but herself. From Harry Stone perspective, he does not state whether or not he enjoys the story, rather he compares the events of the young boy 's life to those that the author also experiences as a young boy. Harry Stone expresses his critique of the story as one which offers a diverse reflection of society. He explains the reading experience as a criticism of civilization, religion, a nation and human existence in general.

Love is blind. Love is everything. That’s why, when it comes to love, people will do everything regardless the consequences and sufferings that they may experience. In the short story, the narrator even called himself an intelligent person and is confident with