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Ali Harris Compromise
In the novel The Lovers Dictionary by David Leviathan there is a relationship being displayed between two characters agreeing with the quote by Ali Harris “compromise is what binds people together. Compromise is sharing and conciliatory, it is loving and kind and unselfish. This novel is a perfect example of how both characters displayed that for numerous reasons. In the lovers Dictionary the author may have displayed argument and disagreement but at the end of each issue the couple did come to a compromise various times leading to why the book is primarily agreeing with the quote. In the novel the narrator displayed compromise through several key words that were emphasized with in the story which helped show the development of their relationship. For example, this direct quote from the novel “it sounded violent, like a slap connecting” (pg.7).The author may not directly say that there’s compromise here but the quote following up with this one ensures it which was, “so I wrote back: SWAK!” From the book the word “swak” helps describes the key word we are looking for that agrees with the quote by Ali Harris and the word “swak” helps put it together. If you were to summarize these quotes from the book and …show more content…
Compromise is sharing and conciliatory, it is loving and kind and unselfish,’ by Ali Harris is the example on the beginning of page eight where it said “you swore that Meryl Streep won the Best Actress Oscar for Silkwood. I said no, it was Sophie’s choice.” This quote shows his argument between the two and disagreement and how they both don’t agree with one another. If you keep reading down the page you will read another line that say “we looked it up, of course, and even though you conceded I was right.” So even though he was wrong and there was a sense of misunderstanding them both came to a realization she was right and even though he was totally

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