1. "Love in LA" Thematic statement: Superficial or selfish pursuits can trump compassion and genuine love for another person.
2. In "Love in LA," the writer immediately brings us in to Jake's current situation without any previous information on his life. Throughout the exposition we are hearing Jake's thoughts and dreams, that is where we get our information to make a judgement of him. Then there is the minor car collision that starts off the rising action. The events continue to build as Jake meets Mariana and begins his web of lies. He uses flirting to distract this naive girl from noticing his bogus information, he turns the focus onto him trying to get a date out of her. The climactic point happens when Mariana finally gives Jake her phone number seeming to fall into his trap. From this point there is the falling action of the two parting ways and the resolution of Jake getting away scott free.
I like your thematic statement and think you raised a great point. I am curious as to how it is completly supported in the story as far as "love & compassion"? Jakes selfish pursuits seem to get him quite far; he gets out of the tickets and gets to talk to the pretty girls. Were you saying the young girl had compassion for Jake?
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