Comparative analysis - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages This way we don't realize if the story is about the voyage of a cruise ship or a conflict between two people or a horror story of an opera house. Just like we don't call our dogs 'dog', but by some other name like 'Richard' or 'Sally', it is considered thoughtless and out-dated to name a love story 'love story'.  Nevertheless, this short story is diverse. The title is 'Sarah Cole; A Kind of Love Story'. Only by observing the title, it isn't that challenging to predict what the story is going to be about; the love between a man not yet known and a woman called Sarah Cole. So I marveled why the author so frankly stated 'love story' and why not just 'love story' but 'a type of love story'.  Perhaps the writer sought to tell the readers without rush that this was a love story, but not an conventional one. This is right to some degree because the sentiment that the narrator feels concerning Sarah and the plot of their love is quite distinct and unique, unlike most other customary love stories.  Like this, the title appears very regular but at the same time, sharp and exclusive. It is like calling your dog 'dog'. Amongst all the appealing pet names of numerous syllables, 'dog' incredibly shines. Determining the title for a book is perhaps the most problematic, let alone vital, task. This is because the title is the entice and we want to bite on fresh plump ones rather than the everyday skinny ones. A orthodox sort of love story is about a fine-looking man who loves a beautiful woman, but Russell Banks' Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story tells that another type of love story, in which a good-looking man loves an ugly woman, is also conceivable. Though, I found out myself innocently visualization a lovely woman next to the handsome Ron, and it made me more uncomfortable. I, whom I thought unalike from others, was also not free from the bias. Ron is a remarkably handsome guy. He had a gorgeous wife, but his marriage did not last long; they separated. Then he met another woman named Sarah Cole at a bar, who is the mousiest woman that Ron has ever seen (Banks). Fatefully, he gets attracted to her. A couple of a handsome man and a homely woman are hard for us to acknowledge rather than the one of an ugly man and a pretty woman, since there is a biased idea that beauty is the most vital property of a woman, thus, answering the questions regarding why the story is titled what it is (Ryu). It is quite obvious that being pretty or good looking and being appealing or attractive are two completely different things. So yes, that was actually why Ron developed those feelings of love for Sarah. This is seen in the way Ron tries to cover up for Sarah by saying "Sarah wasn't mean when she was drunk" when Glenda talks to him about Sarah’s ex-husband (Banks). In contrast however, Sarah has been shown to lacking greatly in self – confidence and more or less, portrayed as a person who is certainly not proud of herself and is very self – conscious about her personality and looks. This is basically the reason why she was reluctant in making the first move towards Ron and later on, continuously fighting herself hard to avoid the feelings she was starting to develop for Ron. She thinks that handsome men would never fall for an ordinary girl like her and that is exactly why she does not respond swiftly or positively at the times when Ron does try to make a move at her. In order to relieve her distress ...Download file to see next pagesRead More