Metaphors In The Chaser

Collier believes that love can be “bought” by some sort of potion. The metaphor he is pointing out is that love can be bought, according to the person’s personality and needs. We see this a lot today in the real world. It usually pertains to a very wealthy person being liked by a person that just wants their “lover” to spend money on them for their own gain. This love is obviously obtained without a love potion, but, in his story “The Chaser” he is demonstrating that love can be bought, but in the end, will not work out at all. A man by the name of Alan walks into an apartment on Pell street to an old man selling some potions. Alan came to this strange place, for one thing, a love potion. He is offered a potion that can kill someone and a potion that can make a person fall in love with the giver of the potion. …show more content…
A quote from another story called “The Notebook” can summarize the meaning and problems of a true and developing relationship. “So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you, forever, everyday. You and me...everyday.” Nicholas Sparks was describing a situation that involved two different people struggling in a relationship and wanting to make things work. This counteracts the meaning of “The Chaser” because love, in fact, is not earned by the amount of money someone has to spend. In other words, love has to be earned, and not bought. This will cause the relationship to be toxic or unstable. “She will want to know all you do,” said the old man. ‘All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of