Essay On Romance In Sarah Dessen's This Lullaby

Romance in our society is portrayed as a fairy tale. Not easy but romantic, full of obstacles but adventurous. This is seen everywhere including movies and social media. In reality false perceptions of romance is seen as well but considering the fact that everyone is on their electronic devices a good majority of the time, it’s safe to say that it’s seen more on social media. Nowadays people post videos of them and their significant other. As you may have seen these videos contain dancing, singing and sometimes “relationship goals” They may be “goals” but are they reality? What is seen from the outside is not always what it is in the inside. People can play a lot of things off. People can make certain situations seem like something that it is not. “Happiness” can be another sign of sadness. That can be a person’s way of hiding how they really feel. This can be because there spouse won’t let them be or feel like they actually want.
In the book “This Lullaby” by Sarah Dessen, the romance does have some reality to it. The main character Remy has a decent outlook on how relationships can be. This outlook
But the misperceptions that our society gives about romance tends to throw us off track. We’re not given just one outlook or point of view of what romance is, we’re given several. Which is why men and women are never really on the same page when it comes to this type of thing. Romance is put out to be this sort of fairy tale when in reality it takes a lot of work to keep a relationship from falling apart. Not to mention dedication. When it comes to romance, emotions and feelings get involved. Giving your all to a person is hard to do because you don’t know what to expect. A person’s true intentions are never really clear in the beginning. So taking the chance of giving someone your all and not knowing what to expect in return is a scary thing. But it’s a chance that all of us take at some point in