Blog Post #6

 1. Thematic statement "Love in LA"

" People fall in love too easily and what feels like love may be insincere. "

Jake loves his freedom, but what he dreams of are the things he could have if he took a regular occupation. Jake has a sexual appetite, and when he finds himself in a fender bender, he is happy to see a pretty, young girl behind the wheel. He begins attempting to charm Mariana, lying and deceiving her about his career, even his name. Mariana is a young, naive, foreigner. "Fondling" the broken tail light, her car is as "soft as a waterbed." It's not love, it's sex. And Jake, a stereotype, is willing to lie and deceive to have it.



2. Freytag Pyramid "Love in LA"

In "Love in LA," the explosition begins with Jake in traffic under the overpass. Luckily he wasn't getting on the 101 this day. Or any day. But he sort of wished he was. He wants a new car, expensive cologne, and a beautiful woman on his arm. But he likes his freedom, so he is only considering it. The accident is the rising action in this story, setting up the meeting. The climax of this love story is when Jake and Mariana converse. He is trying to pick her up and she is beaming. The falling action is when Mariana agrees to give Jake her number, timidly saying "Call me." The story concludes with Jake, proud of his romancing and lies, drives away thankful for his freedom and day dreaming of his dream car, not the girl.