Journal Entry #1 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb p. 311 Word count: 522 Summary Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A.‚ the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake‚” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive outcome; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible
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Day Dreaming While Driving Dagoberto Gilb’s “Love in L.A.” is a love story that is set on a freeway in Las Angeles. Now this is an unusual setting for a love story‚ however‚ “Love in L.A.” is a different kind of love story. The story opens up with Jake‚ a careless and irresponsible guy sitting in traffic. Gilb states that Jake is sitting in “near motionless traffic.” This symbolizes Jake’s life. Jake drives a ’58 Buick which is out of date and old. He wishes that this car had more accessories
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Love in L.A. The story “Love in L.A.” is a short story written by Dagoberto Gilb in 1986. It is a love story based on realistic approaches. One of the main characters was Jake‚ who was dreaming while driving. However‚ this caused an accident; he crashed into a Toyota that was in front of him. Mariana‚ who was the other main character in “Love in L.A.” short story‚ was the driver of the Toyota. After crashing the car‚ instead of finding out what had happened to the driver of the car Jack was looking
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Love is a powerful force that drives one person to draw a deep affection towards another. When analyzed‚ the short story entitled "Love in L.A.‚" by Dagoberto Gilb‚ shows how one can see many reasons in seeing irony and even satire by the story’s title. Through "Jake‚" the protagonist’s definition of "love" is expressed in different fashions‚ none result in anything positive; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible‚ somewhat poor‚ and perhaps something of a con artist‚ looking for his freedom. Several
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Love is a powerful force that drives one person to draw a deep affection towards another. When analyzed‚ the short story entitled "Love in L.A.‚" by Dagoberto Gilb‚ shows how one can see many reasons in seeing irony and even satire by the story’s title. Through "Jake‚" the protagonist’s definition of "love" is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible‚ somewhat poor‚ and perhaps something of a scam artist‚ looking for his freedom. Several
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Gilb- deals online shopping store The advancement of the technology and the rapid raise of the social media have revolutionized the life-style. The boom of E-commerce has taken the whole World by the storm‚ and as a result people all over the globe are entertaining the idea of the online shopping. With the internet reaching at the every door step‚ the trend of the online shopping will only increase. As the conventional shopping is the timing consuming task and requires whole lot of effort‚ people
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Jalisa Torres ENG 102 Libatore Love Has No Existence Here After reading the two short stories‚ Love in L.A by Dagoberto Gilb and What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver‚ I have realized that a common feeling like ‘love’ can be painted into so many different pictures. Each one of these short stories is written by two different authors and sees ‘love’ at different angles. The character Jake in Love in L.A. has this vision of love that is more of a mockery. Then‚ Terri’s ex-husband
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think of it. I did not notice any of the characters of both stories in the sense of similarity. But the jack and grandmother were kind of same sense of selfness. The both character think only for them self and want all the intension towards them. Love in L.A‚ a story of the person whose name is jack and seems like he is very lazy and disappointed from his lifestyle‚ wants to get some change in his lifestyle. One day jack was driving on a free way in los Angeles‚ suddenly he hit a car from back side
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Love in L.A. by Dagoberto Gilb The setting of this short story is on the freeway of Los Angeles. Jake is a self-absorbed‚ lazy‚ irresponsible‚ protagonist‚ who is driving along the freeway. He begins daydreaming about a car better than his 58’ Buick‚ with crushed velvet interior and an FM radio. His daydreaming causes him to hit the car in front of him. The driver of the other car is a naïve‚ innocent women‚ named Mariana. Mariana is on her way to work‚ driving a car given to her by her
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