Everybody have fears in many circumstances but sometime it’s bad to hold fears to yourself instead of letting go the fears off the shoulder. The short story of Lopsided Love suggests that go where the mood take you and facing fears leads to fighting your own battles to feel worthy. The literary element of this story such as tone, characters, setting, and symbol is the key to the story because you will have a better understanding on how the story works.
The short story “Lopsided Love” was written by Patrick Bennett who was from west Texas and published in 2000. In the story, there was a man name Rudy Beck who caught his eyes on a woman name Lulu at the diner where she works. They later met at the art show unexpected and discover they like each other. One …show more content…
She is missing one ear but she still can hear little. Her ex-husband, Sewell chop off her ear and ate the ear back in the day when they were married. He went to jail because of what he has done to Lulu’s ear. Since then, she will always be terrified of her ex-husband if he comes near her. There are different settings in the story but I will explain one setting found in the work. From the story, Thursday, the day Rudy and Lulu met each other at the art show and made love after is a symbol of how they connect each other at that time period. They continue to go out on Thursdays when they become emotionally wrapped up in one another to spend time because Lulu is off on every Monday and Thursday but the symphony orchestra rehearsed Mondays. Thursday is a bad symbol for two things because one night at the diner on Thursday, Lulu discover that her Ex-husband Sewell released from jail. Rudy did not know about her previous marriage, her ear, and the fact that Sewell was in prison so she had to face her fears to Rudy since she was terrified of Sewell so that way Rudy can understand and protect her. Lulu had to follow her heart in order to stand
The short story “Lopsided Love” was written by Patrick Bennett who was from west Texas and published in 2000. In the story, there was a man name Rudy Beck who caught his eyes on a woman name Lulu at the diner where she works. They later met at the art show unexpected and discover they like each other. One …show more content…
She is missing one ear but she still can hear little. Her ex-husband, Sewell chop off her ear and ate the ear back in the day when they were married. He went to jail because of what he has done to Lulu’s ear. Since then, she will always be terrified of her ex-husband if he comes near her. There are different settings in the story but I will explain one setting found in the work. From the story, Thursday, the day Rudy and Lulu met each other at the art show and made love after is a symbol of how they connect each other at that time period. They continue to go out on Thursdays when they become emotionally wrapped up in one another to spend time because Lulu is off on every Monday and Thursday but the symphony orchestra rehearsed Mondays. Thursday is a bad symbol for two things because one night at the diner on Thursday, Lulu discover that her Ex-husband Sewell released from jail. Rudy did not know about her previous marriage, her ear, and the fact that Sewell was in prison so she had to face her fears to Rudy since she was terrified of Sewell so that way Rudy can understand and protect her. Lulu had to follow her heart in order to stand