Lesson of Love The Analysis By Christina, Yuki, Julia and Deborah

Plot

Conflicts Person Vs. Self “I believed myself still invisible to him in my “nothing” status as I looked upon my beloved.” pg. 184

Conflicts Person Vs. Person “It would be long weeks of confusion and pain before I realized that the kiss was nothing but a little trophy for his ego.” pg. 185

Main Characters Actions “Later, much later, after what seemed like an eternity of dragging the weight of unrequited love around with me, I learned to make myself visible and to relish the little battles required to win the greatest prize of all.” pg. 185

Main Characters Thoughts “…(and that is why I felt free to stare at him – I was invisible). He could not see me because I was a skinny Puerto Rican girl, a freshman who did not belong to any group he associated with.” pg. 182

Main Character Description The main girl in the story is a skinny Puerto Rican girl who is a freshman in high school. She is deeply in love with a boy who barely notices her.

Secondary Character Descriptions Mother Married to a person in the Navy Smokes Caring and Concerned Boy that the girl loves Rich, attractive and Italian a senior at the same high school He parties a lot very desirable by many people.

Literary Devices “I felt like a pilgrim waiting for a glimpse of Mecca.” pg. 181 Simile “I saw other roman ladies emerging from their parents cars looking authentic in sheets of materials that folded over their bodies like garments on a statue by Michelangelo.” pg. 183 “My cells were tuning up like musicians in an orchestra.” pg. 184

Literary Devices “My father left me to my mother, who impassively packed while I explained over and over that I was at a crucial time in my studies and that if I left my entire life would be ruined.” pg. 185 Hyperbole “…(and that is why I felt free to stare at him – I was invisible). pg. 182

Literary Devices “I fell in love, or my hormones awakened from their long slumber in my body and suddenly the goal of my days was focused on one thing: to catch a glimpse of my secret love.” pg. 181 Personification

“I thought I kept my lonely romance a secret.” pg. 182 Literary Devices Foreshadowing “I thought I kept my lonely romance a secret.” pg. 182

Narrative Point of View First Person Narraration “I thought I kept my lonely romance a secret.” pg. 182

Significance of the Title

“If love were easy, life would be too simple.” Themes “Love is like war: easy to start and hard to end.” “If love were easy, life would be too simple.”

Our Echo is a song called ‘Jar of Hearts’ by Christina Perri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H21fj0hQRM

Citations http://www.frontiernet.net/~mblow/harris_burdick.htm http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/travel-ideas/news-opinions/news/a/-/16096169/five-free-things-in-puerto-rico/ http://www.chocolaterose.tumblr.com http://reflectiveinklings.com/2010/09/13/single-review-jar-of-hearts-by-christina-perri/ http://www.fullhdwpp.com/holidays/valentines-day/lots-of-hearts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H21fj0hQRM http://movingtonz.com/Copeland.htm