How To Fall in Love For Real caught my attention when I first read the title online. Love is such an abstract idea, and I like the idea of love because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. There are no limits to what love really is. In this non-fiction essay, written by Kent Shaw, the reader is provided with a new way to look at "love". As his first sentence, Shaw writes, "At twenty-two, I feel in love with the sales clerk who helped me pick out my clothes at the mall. I was in love with my best friend's wife." Immediately, I was hooked. As I read on, I noticed a few words used again and again which were, "At twenty-two years old...". To continue, Kent falls in love with everything. He falls in love with the salesclerk and the navy. He falls in love with an intellectual who puts an ad out about herself in the paper. At one point in the essay, he claims that love is simply, "more". What he wanted was never good enough. I think one of Shaw's main purposes was to introduce himself as a writer. He says that he is a sailor in the US Navy and that he has read books written by Dostoevsky and Hemingway. He is writing for a magazine, so he is trying to capture his audience's attention. I think his first line does this extremely well. As he tells his personal narrative, he uses relatable examples while also incorporating the fact that he is in the US Navy. I think he attempts to use repetition and personal narrative to appeal to pathos. By giving several examples of the things that he either loves or has fallen in love with, I noticed that love can also be equivalent to overall happiness. Being a sailor in the US Navy made Shaw happy, and by the end of the essay he was leading men on his ship. The clerk made him happy, and even though she happened to be the wife of his best friend, he wrote letter to her multiple times. I think he is trying to say that love is not a matter of "liking" something most or liking something more than one can use the word, "like". It's a matter of what makes you happy in life, and how you choose to go about looking at things.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Tow #3: How To Fall in Love For Real
http://brevitymag.com/current-issue/how-to-fall-in-love-for-real/
How To Fall in Love For Real caught my attention when I first read the title online. Love is such an abstract idea, and I like the idea of love because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. There are no limits to what love really is. In this non-fiction essay, written by Kent Shaw, the reader is provided with a new way to look at "love". As his first sentence, Shaw writes, "At twenty-two, I feel in love with the sales clerk who helped me pick out my clothes at the mall. I was in love with my best friend's wife." Immediately, I was hooked. As I read on, I noticed a few words used again and again which were, "At twenty-two years old...". To continue, Kent falls in love with everything. He falls in love with the salesclerk and the navy. He falls in love with an intellectual who puts an ad out about herself in the paper. At one point in the essay, he claims that love is simply, "more". What he wanted was never good enough. I think one of Shaw's main purposes was to introduce himself as a writer. He says that he is a sailor in the US Navy and that he has read books written by Dostoevsky and Hemingway. He is writing for a magazine, so he is trying to capture his audience's attention. I think his first line does this extremely well. As he tells his personal narrative, he uses relatable examples while also incorporating the fact that he is in the US Navy. I think he attempts to use repetition and personal narrative to appeal to pathos. By giving several examples of the things that he either loves or has fallen in love with, I noticed that love can also be equivalent to overall happiness. Being a sailor in the US Navy made Shaw happy, and by the end of the essay he was leading men on his ship. The clerk made him happy, and even though she happened to be the wife of his best friend, he wrote letter to her multiple times. I think he is trying to say that love is not a matter of "liking" something most or liking something more than one can use the word, "like". It's a matter of what makes you happy in life, and how you choose to go about looking at things.
How To Fall in Love For Real caught my attention when I first read the title online. Love is such an abstract idea, and I like the idea of love because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. There are no limits to what love really is. In this non-fiction essay, written by Kent Shaw, the reader is provided with a new way to look at "love". As his first sentence, Shaw writes, "At twenty-two, I feel in love with the sales clerk who helped me pick out my clothes at the mall. I was in love with my best friend's wife." Immediately, I was hooked. As I read on, I noticed a few words used again and again which were, "At twenty-two years old...". To continue, Kent falls in love with everything. He falls in love with the salesclerk and the navy. He falls in love with an intellectual who puts an ad out about herself in the paper. At one point in the essay, he claims that love is simply, "more". What he wanted was never good enough. I think one of Shaw's main purposes was to introduce himself as a writer. He says that he is a sailor in the US Navy and that he has read books written by Dostoevsky and Hemingway. He is writing for a magazine, so he is trying to capture his audience's attention. I think his first line does this extremely well. As he tells his personal narrative, he uses relatable examples while also incorporating the fact that he is in the US Navy. I think he attempts to use repetition and personal narrative to appeal to pathos. By giving several examples of the things that he either loves or has fallen in love with, I noticed that love can also be equivalent to overall happiness. Being a sailor in the US Navy made Shaw happy, and by the end of the essay he was leading men on his ship. The clerk made him happy, and even though she happened to be the wife of his best friend, he wrote letter to her multiple times. I think he is trying to say that love is not a matter of "liking" something most or liking something more than one can use the word, "like". It's a matter of what makes you happy in life, and how you choose to go about looking at things.
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