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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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 Jake drives a ’58 Buick which is out of date and old.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 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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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 events
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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 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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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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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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