The Chaser '

The way the world used to look at women is crazy and although times has changed many people are still biest when it comes to women believe it or not there are still men out there the feels women are not equal to men .The Short story ,"The Chaser" is a perfect example of how the world see women . This story starts off by introducing a man name Alan who is really into a girl name Diana and, is facinated when he finds out about some potions an old man is selling that can make her obssed with him .The old man begin to explain to him that these are love potions and that any women would be summisive to him for any reason . Alan is so amazed at the thought that he shows so much intrested in each example given of the love potion’s and immediatly
have an appifany of Diana being obbsessed with him . He feels that she means everything in the world to him, but realisticly , he wants to be appreciated as he appreciates himself. His prespective of love fits her wants in being satisfied by a relationship with him; unfortunately, she's not intrested in him at all. The old man describes a love that matches Alans image in his explaining to Alan, “‘She will want to know all you do,’ said the old man. ‘All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are thinking about, why you smile suddenly, why you are looking sad.’ ‘That is love!’ cried Alan”. He focuses entirely on her actions toward him, while virtually ignoring any responsibility that he has toward her. Alan believes in the old man’s promises that, “She will want to be everything to him, when she takes this potion. She will care intensely. You will be her sole interest in life” . In reality, Alan obsession is that he wants someone to love him, not that he wants to love someone else the epitome of self-love. His verbal responses of joy reveal his motivation of self-love.

The chaser goes on to shows how Alan is uplifted by self-love and showing his delight in being the object of Diana’s obsession.
Alan is so determined to get her love he somewhat tricks her into loving him. Then the story lends towards giving the feeling that something deceptive is about to happen. He walks in an old building to get the potion from the old man. the author gives the adience a hint that Alan is somewhere he should not be. The old man asked Alan do he want the love potion to give Diana without her knowing. This potion will unfortuantley change Diana and her whole life, causing her to fall crazy in love with Alan ,who she barley gives attention to. As Alan fanasize to be Diana’s obsession, so the old man’s offer becomes attractive “Its flavor is imperceptible in orange juice, soup, or cocktails and however gay and giddy she is, she will change altogether. She will want nothing but solitude and you” . Using a love potion seems to perpertrate that Alan is willing to do anything to meet his own desires and needs, no matter if Diana shares these desiers or not . True love is concerned for the desires of others rather than focusing on the desires of self. An person who loves someone else is willing to do things they dont want for that other person, but an individual who is a selfish lover will do anything to sacrifice that other person for his or her own self. Alan chooses to sacrifice Diana and her needs and want rather than sacrifice for her needs and wants,
clearly revealing his self-love. He actualizes this self-love in his willingness to act as love by tricking her.

Alan’s obssesion of his selfish act of love is for knowing that he could be the one who meets all of Diana’s wants and needs, as well as his desire to perpatrate love by tricking her into loving him.
The story starts to end by Alan not really liking the fact that she only loves him because he made her not because she wants to so he return to the old man to buy the “life-cleaner” which would of make Diana free from the spell of forced love. From the start,the old man wants to make Alan fully aware of the expensive poison that is for sale. Although Alan is for the idea of murdering someone the old man is not deterred: “‘I look at it like this,’ said the old man. ‘Please a customer with one article, and he will come back when he needs another. Even if it is more costly. he will save up for it, if necessary’” . The man is clearly guiding Alan into a trap that he has done multiple times and it worked many times before; the trap of tricking people by fulfilling a desire to be loved for a small sum, only to lure the customer into coming back to find an expensive answer to the problem they created in their pursuit of a selfish act of love. Once a life has been polluted by selfish love, the “life-cleaner” quickly becomes an attractive option. He tells Alan that people will buy the cheap potions, but that they will always come back to find a solution to the problems created by the cheap potions. As the reader realizes that Alan is motivated by selfish love, and that this love will
eventually turn into loathing, the audience understands that Alan will soon be back. The final proof of Alan’s inevitable return is the closing remark of the old man, “Au revoir” . This French phrase literally means, “to the seeing again.” The old man knows that Alan will return to buy the expensive poison because selfish love will slowly fade away, revealing that the object of the love was always self, not the other person. The foreshadowing of Alan’s inevitable return to purchase the “life-cleaner” as a means of murdering Diana evidences his motivation as selfish love.