The Love Of My Life Analysis
“The Love of My Life” In today’s society the perspective on love has changed significantly. Every day people’s viewpoints of love are altered by many things in their surroundings such as social media, television, school, and home life. The amount of failed relationships has increased significantly over the years. It is very difficult to grow up knowing the true meaning of love while receiving so many messages that show you that most or all relationships are bound to fail. In the short story “The Love of My Life,” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, China and Jeremy are two high school sweethearts believing they are in love but as their lives change drastically the feeling of love rapidly changes to hate and distrust. When everything starts falling
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Jeremy is falling into a deep dark hole of despair. Everything that once seemed so important to Jeremy meant nothing from this point on. “Life in the dorms, roommates, bars, bullshit sessions, the smell of burning leaves and the way the light fell across the campus in great wide smoking brands just before dinner, the unofficial skateboard club, films, lectures, pep-rallies, football-none of it mattered.” (81) Jeremy tries to show how a college student is supposed to be “living the life” enjoying their school but now he has bigger responsibilities and has to give everything up. He will devote all of his time just to help China if he has to; that’s all he cared about was her and that baby. He starts showing how unhappy he is and the author makes a clear understanding of it. When the words, “I love you” are said between two people in a relationship it shows how much people could care about each other. “Do you love me? She whispered. There was along hesitation, a pause you could have poured all the affirmation of the world into. “Yes,” he said finally, his voice so soft and reluctant it was like the last gasp of a dying old man.” (82) If someone was truly in love with the other person they wouldn’t have hesitated, but Jeremy did. His feelings towards China are now changing since she has changed as a person. The person Jeremy fell in love with is no longer the same
Jeremy is falling into a deep dark hole of despair. Everything that once seemed so important to Jeremy meant nothing from this point on. “Life in the dorms, roommates, bars, bullshit sessions, the smell of burning leaves and the way the light fell across the campus in great wide smoking brands just before dinner, the unofficial skateboard club, films, lectures, pep-rallies, football-none of it mattered.” (81) Jeremy tries to show how a college student is supposed to be “living the life” enjoying their school but now he has bigger responsibilities and has to give everything up. He will devote all of his time just to help China if he has to; that’s all he cared about was her and that baby. He starts showing how unhappy he is and the author makes a clear understanding of it. When the words, “I love you” are said between two people in a relationship it shows how much people could care about each other. “Do you love me? She whispered. There was along hesitation, a pause you could have poured all the affirmation of the world into. “Yes,” he said finally, his voice so soft and reluctant it was like the last gasp of a dying old man.” (82) If someone was truly in love with the other person they wouldn’t have hesitated, but Jeremy did. His feelings towards China are now changing since she has changed as a person. The person Jeremy fell in love with is no longer the same