I was contemplating a couple of ideas for the paper. I’m thinking about writing about love, which I know is pretty easy but I want to talk about more than that. I know that love is the driving force for most of the characters that we’ve read…Beli, David, Lola, Oscar, and sort of Yunior. I want to talk about how love has driven them to do things that they never thought they would (having sex in a closet), and how the characters would go out of their way for love. I also want to talk about how mistreatment and hatred have been things that the characters had to deal with in the name of love. One example of this is david’s trial. David (in his mind) loved Melanie and loved being around her. But because of what he did and the circumstances, his job was on the line and he quit his job because of what he did. The university did not like him because of what he did and what he said or didn’t say at his hearing. Another example is oscar. Oscar didn’t have many friends because he wasn’t very sociable and was a loner. He had always wanted a girlfriend but was too shy to ever talk to one. People made fun of him because of how he looked. Oscar didn’t care that he didnt have friends, he just wanted a girlfriend. He was very happy to have Yunior as his roomate, even though Yunior just wanted to get closer to Lola. Lola is another example. She ran off with that guy because she was “in love” and didn’t care what her mom thought. All of these characters had to deal with hatred and mistreatment in the name of love.
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jdarose Said:
on 11/08/2009 at 1:01 pm
I really like the idea of adding in how the characters had to deal with mistreatment and hate they experienced because of the name of love. I’m also going to write my paper on love, kind of on the same basis about the driving forces of love and how the characters use it as a justification for their actions. Creating the ideal that any action done purely for love is acceptable. If you need any help finding passages or anything feel free to ask since our topics are similar.