LOVE IS A FALLACY
A REACTION PAPER ON “LOVE IS A FALLACY “ BY MAX SHULMAN
“Love is a fallacy” tells us about the not-so-brilliant idea of a self-conceited law student named Dobie to steal the girlfriend of his stupid roommate Petey by luring him to accept the raccoon coat which all he ever wanted in exchange of dating and marrying his beautiful dumb girlfriend, Polly. He believes that he would become a lawyer someday and observes that successful lawyers are decorated with beautiful, graceful and smart wives. He believes that under his guidance he could smarten up Polly and will soon match his criteria. His overconfidence that he could change Polly to become an intelligent girl by teaching her the logic of fallacies backfired to him when he confessed his love for her. Unfortunately, Polly rejected his intentions to be his girlfriend by refuting his words with every fallacy that he taught her. In the end, Polly chose Petey because he has a raccoon coat.
“Love is a fallacy” is indeed a hilarious and ironic story. It is a story about love which is written in such a way that it stirs our reasoning and tickles our heart. I would like to commend the author for his admirable writing style making the story more realistic and dramatic even if he uses figures of speech and terms on logic and philosophy. It didn’t focus on the romantic side of love rather it highlights the meaning of love based on each of the characters’ intention. It simply teaches us that deception begets deception and not love. The story is an affirmation that each one of us can do anything for love in our own silly ways. Sometimes, our own misconceptions about love can lead us to carry out selfish plans for personal gains but will definitely boomerang to us in more hurtful and unexpected ways. People often tend to misinterpret, misbelieve, misconstrue and even delusional about love because just like the title itself “love is a fallacy”, love cannot be explained by reasoning per se because it is the purest of all
“Love is a fallacy” tells us about the not-so-brilliant idea of a self-conceited law student named Dobie to steal the girlfriend of his stupid roommate Petey by luring him to accept the raccoon coat which all he ever wanted in exchange of dating and marrying his beautiful dumb girlfriend, Polly. He believes that he would become a lawyer someday and observes that successful lawyers are decorated with beautiful, graceful and smart wives. He believes that under his guidance he could smarten up Polly and will soon match his criteria. His overconfidence that he could change Polly to become an intelligent girl by teaching her the logic of fallacies backfired to him when he confessed his love for her. Unfortunately, Polly rejected his intentions to be his girlfriend by refuting his words with every fallacy that he taught her. In the end, Polly chose Petey because he has a raccoon coat.
“Love is a fallacy” is indeed a hilarious and ironic story. It is a story about love which is written in such a way that it stirs our reasoning and tickles our heart. I would like to commend the author for his admirable writing style making the story more realistic and dramatic even if he uses figures of speech and terms on logic and philosophy. It didn’t focus on the romantic side of love rather it highlights the meaning of love based on each of the characters’ intention. It simply teaches us that deception begets deception and not love. The story is an affirmation that each one of us can do anything for love in our own silly ways. Sometimes, our own misconceptions about love can lead us to carry out selfish plans for personal gains but will definitely boomerang to us in more hurtful and unexpected ways. People often tend to misinterpret, misbelieve, misconstrue and even delusional about love because just like the title itself “love is a fallacy”, love cannot be explained by reasoning per se because it is the purest of all