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Analysis Of Love In L. A By Dagoberto Gilb

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The only thing that all humans undoubtedly share is love. Whether it’s love for the delicious meal you just ate or love for your significant other. Everyone has felt it at one point or another. But are there some cases when people only pretend to love and trick themselves into believing they love? Is love just a concept that some believe is real or is it truly an entity? I have tricked myself into believing that I was in love with someone that I wasn’t in love with simply because it was convenient, not true. The story, “Love in L.A.” written by Dagoberto Gilb covers another form of “love” that is not normal to most people. Throughout this paper, I will speak of the significance of the character development, what determines actions to be morally …show more content…

There is almost always multiple meetings and a level of convenience that makes the love relatable. When it comes down to it it’s always convenience that makes people decide. It was convenient for Jake to lie instead of telling the truth. It was convenient to flirt because he thought she was pretty and it was convenient for Jake to leave her behind giving that he had no deeper connections to her. When is the line drawn to determine whether or not something is morally correct? It may seem black and white to one person but blurry to others. It all depends on convenience, circumstances, past experience, etc. This is why this story handles false love so well. In this story the two characters fall into this situation by chance neither of them intended to be in an accident and what followed was pure acting. No real emotion was displayed presumably by either party. So I ask again when does it become ok to lie. If there are no repercussions of lying then why not lie. It may seem to a normal person that you shouldn’t do it just because it’s the wrong thing to do. But for the character of Jake, He sees no other option.

Love is a beautiful thing it can strengthen the weakest person it can potentially cure depression it can do pretty much anything. “Love in L.A.” isn’t about the love that is generally accepted it’s about a pretend to love. A love that is only generated in places like L.A. Places that encourage faking it till you make it. Places that aren’t considerate of others. So in this story specifically the characters willingly deceive one another tricking even themselves into

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