Love For The Love Of God Analysis

Moreover, Leo is another epitome of youthful enthusiasm as a crazy side of a growing child. Firstly, he is portrayed as shiny and beautiful. Amanda drifts off; ‘She’d never met a child with beady eyes before. Beadiness arrives after long slow ekes of disappointment, usually in middle age (106).’ She gives stages of life comparison, admiring the youthfulness. In addition to that, Groff writes ‘But Leo was such an intense child, and so purposeful, that she watched him until she remembered hearing once that glass was just a very slow liquid (110).’ The statement echoes the boy’s shine and risky nature. Remember how he nearly died by almost tasting a poisoned cheese? Worth noting, however, it surprises how the four-year-old thinks of romanticizing with Mani. From the fullness of a welcoming hug to his anxiety as he waits to get a bath from her. ‘The gleam on Mina's legs up the stairs. He would eat her if he could (114).’ Leo’s aspirations are however short-lived and would be met with disappointment, a good portion of which has defined lives of two friends and their husbands. Finally, Leo’s enthusiasm in rescuing the raptor does not live to see the light of the day. It shows how life events play on one’s happiness and aspirations. Importantly, Groff paints adulthood with an awkward picture; one where life’s opportunities are missed, and disappointment shape one’s course of life. Adults, in the French society, are portrayed as selfish and highly susceptible to making poor decisions. For instance, Grant cheating on Amanda with his long-time friend Genevieve and the latter struggling to nurse a mentally ill husband. Perhaps, Groff targets the younger audience laying down a caution to take right steps towards happiness and utilization of opportunities while they are young. Most probably, Mani, full of life of a teenager, wonders why adults live with building tensions, loss of freedom and unhappy. Groff thus believes in the ambitious nature of youthfulness that impacts positively on happiness levels later in one’s life. For youth, it is possible to actualize one’s dreams and ambitions and thus averting a grass-is-greener scene captured between two lady friends. Finally, it is not far-fetched to outline that Groff hid her intentions to her readers. She is not straightforward and occasionally uses character behavior to echo a point that affected the nature of the life of an ordinary French family at the time. One outstanding lesson, however, is the dullness, dissatisfaction and unhappiness among the adults. Speaking about human satisfaction, Groff’s philosophy says, the older one becomes, the further it slips away. In the pursuit of happiness, Mani is ambitious but inexperienced. Groff leaves the reader in a dilemma as to what …show more content…
It highlights the nature of human ambitions and how life’ events and experiences pose a significant risk to their realization. Life’s unanticipated disappointments can rob one’s peace and happiness envisioned early in life. Groff’s cautions younger audiences to be keen and resilient enough. Otherwise, they live in unhappy relationships with unending regrets over lost opportunities. Groff is a realist bringing this lesson to her readers. The lesson from the short story resonates beyond a classic French society with relevance to modern, young ambitious people. The story is a reminder of the need to be wary of experiences that life brings and not be judgmental when some adults live a rather seemingly unhappy