Many people around the world don’t believe that love can influence their input on the matter itself. The book The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon is a great example that explains how experiencing and making connections with love can change their own beliefs. Throughout the book, the idea of “love” is spoken about, and while reading, the characters slowly start to come to terms that love is a real feeling.
One archetype that has a big influence in the book is the color “Pink” (“List”). The color pink represents the feeling of “true love”. In The Sun Is A Star, Daniel’s goal is to make Natasha believe that “love” is a real feeling, and that it isn’t “something temporary” (Yoon 77 ; “list”). Natasha slowly begins to believe that love is real after calling her ex-boyfriend; after the phone call she “[doesn’t] believe in true love… but [she] might want to.”(Yoon 243) . Natasha is rethinking her mindset about love while being with Daniel and is starting to fall in love with him.
Eventually, Daniel finds out that Natasha “[doesn’t] believe in love” when he invites her to the coffee shop (Yoon 81). After observing this, Daniel decides to
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Daniel, the hopeless romantic “follows his bliss”, and “objectifies [Natasha]” (The Twelve Archetypes). Throughout the book, Daniel constantly tries to coax Natasha into falling in love with him. Calling Natasha a “cute Jamaican girl”, and experiencing vulgar thoughts that “make [him] want to kiss her even more” prove that Daniel follows his male instincts, which perfectly fall in line with not only “The Lover” archetype, but its counterpart as well, “The Seducer” (Yoon 162). Eventually Natasha does start to fall into Daniel’s enthusiasm. She “[likes] making [Daniel] blush”, and this solidifies Daniel’s position as “The Lover” (The Twelve Archetypes). Daniel’s success in seducing Natasha helps her start to believe in love, which ultimately leads to them falling in