Monica Rivenburg
Keystone College
Abstract
“What is a Friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself’ (Myers, David G. 2012). I had the opportunity to watch a movie called “I Can’t Think Straight”, which will be the basis of this paper as well as my relationship with my ex fiancé Randy. Love should be at the heart of every relationship, no matter what type it is. Both Leyla and Tala in “I Can’t Think Straight” and Randy’s and I relationship both prove what can be good or bad about relationships.
“What is a Friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself’ (Myers, David G. 2012). Love can be an everlasting affair if both individuals are attracted to and are thought of as each other’s best friend. Recently through Netflix, I had the opportunity to watch a movie called “I Can’t Think Straight”, which will be the basis of this paper as well as my relationship with my ex fiancé Randy.
I Can’t Think Straight is about to females, Leyla and Tala, who meet each other through a guy and end up falling in love with one another (Kattan, Hanan, and Sarif, Shamim. 2008). Both females start off dating males, and are dealing with their cultures and how their sexuality will be viewed (Kattan, Hanan, and Sarif, Shamim. 2008). Leyla is a British Indian writer who comes from a modest family, while Tala is a wealthy Arab who is trying to start her own business Kattan, Hanan, and Sarif, Shamim. 2008). The theory about opposites attracting really does exist in this relationship (Myers, David G. 2012). Once these two meet, it is quite clear that there is strong attraction brewing between them both.
Leyla and Tala’s romantic relationship begins while they are on vacation with Tala’s sister (Kattan, Hanan, and Sarif, Shamim. 2008). Although, they like each other a lot at this point Tala tells Leyla that being in a lesbian relationship is no way to live, while Leyla is the