Susan Minot 's `` Lust ``

In “The Cheater’s Guide to Love”, Junot Díaz presents a story about love that goes sour after the primary character, Yunior’s infidelity is discovered. But beyond just an emotionally bleak story, Díaz also uses the background of a love story gone bad to explore issues of race through Yunior’s narrative style, second-person point of view, and the characterization of the various women Yunior meets.

At the beginning of the story, the protagonist, Cleofilas, had an illusion that all romance is like the ones she had seen on television. However, she soon realizes that her relationship with Juan Pedro was

In Laura Esquivel’s novel “Like Water for Chocolate”, she skillfully illustrates that love is a powerful that can either make or break us. The author portrays this conflict through The use of descriptive metaphors and indirect symbolism.

Love between two genders is one of the most common themes in writing. In literature, love is often praised, appreciated and cherished. Another common theme in writing is the looming specter of inequality between men and women, which has been strongly depicted throughout history and is still worryingly present in the world today. It is extremely interesting to realize that though love is treasured and valued, in most cases, it takes both genders to create love, and those genders are often separated by inequality. Both these themes coincide well together; the clash of love and gender inequality is interestingly captivating. In John Updikes A&P and Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants, both stories send a conclusive message to the reader that equality between both sexes in love and attraction is almost impossible; one gender will always be more powerful than the other.

They say love is the strongest force in the Universe, but by god, “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton shows it can also be the stupidest. “Ethan Frome” a Fictional Romantic (and somewhat ironic) novel follows a man named Ethan Frome in his cold, melancholic life in Starkfield, Massachussetts during the late 19th century. Frome is unhappy, married, and desperate. That is until he meets Mattie Silver; his hope for a better life. Breaking down “Ethan Frome” the reader can realize that this is far more than a love story. The major theme is centered on love, but more it’s far more tragic. The novel focuses on creating a love triangle that is far from perfect and slightly awkward, but can somehow still work. Ultimately, “Ethan Frome” proves a point,

“Hair” by Hilma Contreras and “Park Cinema” by Elena Poniatowska are short stories rich in their context as depicted through their characters. Both authors depict similar male protagonists with specific differences. The resemblance amongst these two characters is made prevalent through the portrayal of male weakness. The primary character flaw possessed by both male protagonists is obsession. Aside from obsession, there are comparable themes carried throughout both short stories. “Hair” and “Park Cinema” both incorporate motifs including, destruction of beauty, hate, lust, and most prevalently, obsession.

In both Judy Brady’s “I want a wife” and Rebecca Curtis’s “Twenty Grand,” the reader is given a glimpse into the lives of two families living in different worlds but sharing many similar situations. Both families in the two-story show the environment that they are living in. Through the author’s use of irony, repetition, and tone, it becomes clear that I feel more sympathy for the mother in the story “Twenty Grand”.

In the story “Love in L.A.,” throughout the entire story the reader is able to understand and identify gender roles, associations and stereotyped characterization throughout the conversation between the characters, the thoughts of characters, and how Dagoberto Gilb wants us to put our own ideas of the male and female stereotypes. Gender roles are first shown when Jake, one of the main characters, is giving a brilliant sketch of a car he’d rather be driving and have freedom than actually working and living a steady good life. From the description of the car we can see that he is interested in features that would attract and impress any woman, and these same features are not particularly well-matched to him, “the fact was that he’d probably have to change his whole style” (275). Jake

Both stories are pictures of significant moments in a relationship. In addition, it is notable that both stories share the idea of open communication and honesty in order to have a healthy relationship. Each story unfolds male and female attitudes towards different issues, as in “Hills Like White Elephants” towards the unborn child, and in “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” towards looking on other women. Although Jig and Frances, are two different women facing a conflict, but subsequently they reject their male partner at the end. In addition, the American and Michael who play the role of inconsiderate side in the relationship have portrayed masculine control over women. On the one hand, the reader encounters different relationships, but on the other hand, both stories lack commitment. Hemingway and Shaw illustrate that both partnerships based on mutual relationships, sharing and caring for each other can establish strong and successful

Ernest Hemingway grasps the intimacy and authenticity of human relationships, in his book, “In Our Time.” The book consists of short stories following the lives of different individuals. Few of the short stories include The End of Something, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, Cat in the Rain, and The Doctor and The Doctor’s Wife. Through these short stories, relationships between male and female characters, lack meaningful intimacy. There is a disconnect amongst these couples. Hemingway redefines intimacy and what it means. Intimacy goes beyond sex; it is a bond between individuals. He is depicting two forms of intimacy through his characters. One form of intimacy is emotional intimacy, which is portrayed in the male characters. The other form would be sexual intimacy. Thus, Hemingway is changing our perception of intimacy; it is not only found in male and female relationships, but also in friendships. The bond between the male characters is more meaningful and stronger than the female and male relationships.

“Love in LA” is a short story written by Dagoberto Gilb. The author was actually born in LA; his mother is Mexican while his father is from Kentucky. From this, you can infer that the narrator of “Love in LA” is either fully Mexican or at the very least a “halfie,” even though the story itself does not explicitly describe the appearance of the main anti-hero, Jake. This story is written in the third person point of view. Although it is in the third person point of view, the story focuses on mostly Jake. The plot centers on the young and optimistic Jake. One day while driving in traffic, while day dreaming of a better life for himself, he crashes into another car. As he was pondering whether or not to drive away, he saw that the owner of the car was a nice looking woman; so he second-guessed speeding away. He then attempted to flirt with the seemingly naive woman, named Mariana. Jake tries to avoid having to deal with the insurance company, however Mariana does not end up buying Jake’s lies and proceeds to ask for his number, insurance, plates, and driver license number. Jake then giving her what she wants but because he does not have insurance, he ends

It is believable that O’Connor and Dagoberto are known as writers of high caliber. The way that they write is out of ordinary and their muses are unparalleled. Each of them offers a great taste of writing to their readers and their stories sound very pleasant to savor. However, this paper will oppose “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” to “Love in L.A.” The focus will be on these themes: symbolism, characters, theme, tone, irony and moral code used in them.

Relationships succeed and fail for any number of different reasons, ranging from the mundane to the truly bombastic. In the cases of Armand and Desiree from Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby,” and Jeremy and China of T.C. Boyle’s “The Love of My Life,” the straw that broke the relationship’s back was a lack a true love, a love that is grounded firmly in reality. Both relationships have one partner, Armand in Chopin’s piece, and China in Boyle’s, that specifically set themselves up for failure, and then refuse to acknowledge their role in it, and face the consequences. Healthy relationships will face their own share of rough waters throughout the course of their lifespan, it is to be expected, however when the first true “crisis” hit each of these relationships, the members all begin to unwind, turn on each other by assigning blame, and eventually fail in spectacular fashion.

What is the perfect love story and does it exist? Not in the lives of Romeo and Juliet nor in the lives of Eleanor and Park. This romance novel and play engage the readers by representing the most imperfect examples of what love is. In these works, I will be examining the differences and similarities between Socio-economic status, the ideal person and the family influence in both works, as well as the modern and classical approaches to love. In the beginning of Eleanor and Park they both read Romeo and Juliet and discover their similarities and differences with these characters.

The short stories “After the Plague” and “Termination Dust” by T.C. Boyle share similar plot themes, but each story represents it in a different way. Each story is told in first person by the main male character: Jed being the main character in “After the Plague” and Ned in “Termination Dust”; Both have one thing in common, loneliness. Jed is alone after the plague killed off most of the population and Ned lives in a remote area in Alaska where female companionship is certainly lacking. Each story has its own unique story line that is told with an under lying humor leaving the reader intrigued yet on edge. The two stories are connected by their isolated setting and how the setting deeply affects the dynamics and intensity of the love triangles in the story.