Analysis Of Love In L. A. By Dagoberto Gilb

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Jasmine Zamora Professor Izaquirre English 6015 January 31, 2013 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb Plot: “Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Our characters are Jake and Mariana. Ironically, while Jake is sitting in traffic, imagining about all of this freedom that he has, he collides with the car that is in front of him. For Jake it took a fender bender for his freedom to swell up. Even his license plate had “expired so long ago,” that he got one from the junkyard. Being without a job, and insurance, Jake is left without anything to do, other than to lie to the lady he hit. These lies also reinstate Jake’s character as being one lived on the edge, with no job or set life. While giving Mariana…show more content…
Is he talking about her beauty, her pureness? The image that popped up in my head was that he was stunned by her beauty when he first saw her. Quote: “They shook hands like she’d never done it before in her life” (Gilb 469). Response: Mariana seems to be the opposite of Jake. She is innocent and cautious, while he is aggressive and daring. Maybe this was her first car accident and she was not sure how to respond to Jake. I know that if I were in a car accident my first response would not be to shake hands with the person who rear-ended me. Quote: “I act too, ‘he lied to enhance the effect more. ‘Been in a couple of movies.’ She smiled like a fan” (Gilb 469). Response: Is Jake using his charm to distract her from the wreck? He thinks that she will believe that he is famous. She smiles at him. Does she believe all of his lies? Quote: “his sense of freedom swelled as he drove into the new moving traffic…” (Gilb 470). Response: Jake feels a sense of freedom after giving Mariana no possible way of contacting him after the car accident. He feels as if there are no possible consequences for his actions. By merging back into the “new moving traffic,” gives a sense of a new beginning for

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