the power of love
The Power of Love
“Love makes you blind, because you're not supposed to see, you're supposed to feel.” It makes one do things that are inexplicable and odd. “The Chaser” by John collier is a story about a young man who is madly in love with a woman. Sadly, she doesn’t share those feelings with him, driving him to desperately drug her with a love potion, blind to the side effects. The author displays the power of love and how it blinds its victims up to the point where their actions become questionable. "The Chaser" reveals the power of love through characterization, conflict, and irony.
Characterization is one of the key devices the author uses to expose the power of love. Alan, the protagonist, is characterized as a desperate and reckless man who is in love with Diana, his dream girl. He will do anything to make her feel the same way. The old man selling the potion is characterized as a wise and honest person. As he is selling the potion to Alan, he tells him about the future outcome of the potion and is constantly hinting about its dangerous, but Alan, being blinded by love and obviously thinking unclearly, doesn’t pick up on the warnings. He was eager to buy the love potion that would allow him to create a false sense of love because he can’t have the real one. Characterization helps readers to relate with the characters and understand their situation better.
Another literary element he uses to establish and support the theme is Conflict. The main problem in “The Chaser” is that Alan is in love with Diana, who doesn’t love him back. The internal conflict he endures is trying to find a way to make Diana feel the same about him as he feels about her. There is also external conflict present between Diana and him because she doesn’t love him as much as he loves her. His solution to both of his problem is buying the love potion in order for her to feel the same way, not realizing that he is only
“Love makes you blind, because you're not supposed to see, you're supposed to feel.” It makes one do things that are inexplicable and odd. “The Chaser” by John collier is a story about a young man who is madly in love with a woman. Sadly, she doesn’t share those feelings with him, driving him to desperately drug her with a love potion, blind to the side effects. The author displays the power of love and how it blinds its victims up to the point where their actions become questionable. "The Chaser" reveals the power of love through characterization, conflict, and irony.
Characterization is one of the key devices the author uses to expose the power of love. Alan, the protagonist, is characterized as a desperate and reckless man who is in love with Diana, his dream girl. He will do anything to make her feel the same way. The old man selling the potion is characterized as a wise and honest person. As he is selling the potion to Alan, he tells him about the future outcome of the potion and is constantly hinting about its dangerous, but Alan, being blinded by love and obviously thinking unclearly, doesn’t pick up on the warnings. He was eager to buy the love potion that would allow him to create a false sense of love because he can’t have the real one. Characterization helps readers to relate with the characters and understand their situation better.
Another literary element he uses to establish and support the theme is Conflict. The main problem in “The Chaser” is that Alan is in love with Diana, who doesn’t love him back. The internal conflict he endures is trying to find a way to make Diana feel the same about him as he feels about her. There is also external conflict present between Diana and him because she doesn’t love him as much as he loves her. His solution to both of his problem is buying the love potion in order for her to feel the same way, not realizing that he is only