found the chapter about Dagoberto Gilb to be extremely interesting to read. The inclusion of pictures in the textbook really allows a reader to get a better understanding of the author before they read the stories. I found “Love in L.A.” to be particularly compelling. The text leading up to the short story provides the reader with insight to Gilb’s life. Gilb’s life is that of a typical working class American. This knowledge provides insight into the meaning and motive behind “Love in L.A.” Most of the
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Love in L.A. Abstract Traditional love stories have honest‚ generous‚ and sometimes wealthy men who show up on white horses to sweep women off their feet. These stories demonstrate how two strangers can meet unexpectedly‚ fall in love and live happily ever after. Most romantic associations these days don’t follow this pattern and the only time you can see it nowadays is in movies. This story goes against the tradition from the beginning when Gilb defines Jake as a self-absorbed‚ unemployed playboy
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As I looked at the title I thought to myself that this was going to be a fun read with a happy ending. I always thought of L.A. as the place where dreams come true‚ so “Love in L.A.” sounded like two people falling in love in the glam and glitter of L.A. A perfect title for a perfect short story. Dagoberto Gilb starts out “Love in L.A.‚” with the narrator‚ Jake‚ stuck in traffic. Like every other person who is bored in traffic‚ Jake lets his mind wander‚ thinking about various things. He thought
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Analysis of Love in L.A. The most intriguing aspect of Dagoberto Gilb’s story Love in L.A. is how realistic it really is. Generally‚ love stories follow the traditional pattern of two strangers meeting‚ falling in love and living happily ever after. Love in L.A by no means follows this pattern. Many real life romantic relations do not follow this pattern either. Not following the pattern‚ however‚ does not disqualify Love in L.A. from being a love story. The essay is still very
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Love in L.A is a short story based on the traffic troubles a lower social class musician experiences in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb gives his reader a good example of the conflict between a lower socially classed person and an upper socially classed person.The Story starts off with an average musician named Jake who is stuck in Traffic. As the traffic slowly creeps Jake gets comfortable and turns up his music. Getting distracted he ends up hitting a beautiful Venezuelan woman Toyota. Of course‚ Jake ends
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June 1‚ 2011 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb Selfish‚ deceitful people exist throughout America. Yet‚ from reading the short story “Love in L.A.” the rest of America would probably view the way the city promotes it’s lifestyle as disoriented. The story is centered on a man born a raised in the city of L.A. rear ending a young woman‚ but lying to her about every facet of his life. Reading the story you would know that it is not about love as its title states but about how everyday people lead
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In Dagoberto Gilb stories‚ “Love in L.A.”‚ “Shout”‚ and “Uncle Rock”‚ Gilb portrays different types of people who are all a part of the working class. In each of the stories Gilb sheds an inside look on the lives of working people and the hardships that come with be a working person‚ from struggling to find a constant job‚ and how a family household is affected. The themes from Gilb’s stories are slightly different but all are common through the struggles a working person has to endure. Gilb in
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finally rest them to peace. The cycle of life and death. “Today she made her own path….” this can represent her new journey. She wants to do her own things‚ her own ways. A better life for herself. I have choose to describe about “Love in L.A” by Dagoberto Gilb. Exposition: This story is about a guy named Jake who is driving a motionless ’58 Buick on the Hollywood Freeway on Alvarado Street. Rising Action: Jake wanted to pass the Toyota‚ but was afraid traffic will hold him back. He started
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February 3‚ 2014 English 1102-402 Analytic Writing White Lies in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb’s short story‚ deceiving titled “Love in L.A.”‚ paints a portrait of a hilarious event involving a minor car accident on the jam-packed Los Angeles freeway. When first reading the title‚ you automatically start making assumptions that this story has something to do with how a couple finds “Love in L.A.”. This story has nothing to do with love‚ in fact it has nothing to do with a minor car accident; it has more to
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Dagoberto Gilb illuminates on a common dilemma that most immigrants coming into the United States face in the story “Romero’s Shirt”. That which is the often not talked about internal conflict that immigrants face when entering an extremely materialistic revolving country like America. Gilb demonstrates this dilemma through the character of Romero with a rather interesting plot that is elaborates with theme‚ character development‚ and heavy use of symbolism. When Romero loses his most prized possession;
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