The Many Forms That Love Can Come In (Paper #2)
In the short story Children
of the Sea, the male and female narrators show an
obvious love for one another event though they are both in very different
locations as well as in very difficult situations. The male narrator says in
one of his passages that is intended for the female narrator “At times I wonder
if there really is land on the other side of the sea. Maybe the sea is endless.
Like my love for you.” (Danticat, 15). The male narrator is speaking about his
love for the female narrator and how no matter how bad the situation for the
male narrator gets he will not stop caring for and loving the female narrator as
long as he can. This same point is reiterated by the female narrator towards
the end of the story where she says “from here, I cannot even see the sea.
Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and
a sea that is endless like my love for you.” (Danticat, 29). The female
narrator almost uses the same line as the male narrator does describing how she
feels for the male narrator. The female narrator is going through some
difficult situations of her own. However, she still believes that the male
narrator, who has now died in a ship crash, is still out there and loves her
the same as when he had originally left Haiti.
Similarly, in the short story Hills Like White Elephants there is still an overwhelming love
between the two main characters. However, it is shown in a very different way
then how it is shown in the pervious story. In this story the man says “I think
it’s the best thing to do. But I don’t think you should do it if you really
don’t want to.” (Hemingway, 231). The man says this because he wants the woman
to know that he does think that she should get the abortion but, if she does not,
he will still love and support her with in either decision that she makes.
Still on the subject of the abortion the girl says “And if I do it you’ll be
happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me?” (Hemingway, 231).
The girl only really care that the man is happy and that all she wants is for
them to be happy and be able to love each other and that is why she is
considering doing the abortion to make sure that they stay happy.
In the popular
video game known as The Last of Us made by game developers Naughty Dog and
published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2013, the game tells a story of a
post-apocalyptic world where one of the main characters, Ellie has the cure to
save humanity and she does not know that she has it. However, the cost to save
the world would end up taking her life. One of the other main characters, Joel,
who had been taking care of Ellie had refused to let the scientists kill her
and save humanity because he did not want to live in a world without her in it.
In the story Ellie goes on to say “Everyone I have cared for has either died,
or left me. Everyone—fucking except for you! So don't tell me I would be safer
with somebody else, because the truth is, I would just be more scared.”
(Ellie). This shows how much Ellie had come to care for Joel and that she would
not want to go with anyone else even if it would be the safer option for her.
There are many different forms of love in all types of
media. Love can be portrayed in multiple different ways and interpreted in many
different ways for different types of people. The are a number of different
ways that people show a love for one another and almost every single one of
them is different in some way shape or form.
Work
Cited
The Last of Us.
Sony Computer Entertainment, Naughty Dog, 2013
Hemingway,
Ernest. Hills Like White Elephants, 1927
Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak! Soho Press, 2015. pp. 3-29
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