Having an intense feeling of deep affection towards a partner, defines love. Though, that love will soon become nothing but memories. This Is How You lose Her by Junot Diaz and The Lovers Dictionary by David Levithan are both novels where the narrator has a love and hate relationship with their partner. Yunior and Leviathans narrator in the novels, agree and disagree with their perspective in relationships. Both agree relationships do hit tough times, with the narrators putting in the most effort, something they will soon regret. In the novel This Is How You Lose Her, Yunior says, “The truth is there ain’t no relationship in the world that doesn’t hit turbulence” (Diaz.19). Yunior points out the realistic fact that he and Magda are having
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Yunior the narrator from This Is How You lose her is the one who cheated in his relationship, but he says “a smelly bone like that, better buried off in the backyard of your life”(Diaz.1). Yunior implies that cheating was nothing more than a small mistake that should never be brought up again. Yunior believes that Magda should forgive him, he even says “I wasn’t about to start looking for a girlfriend because I’d fucked up one lousy time” (Diaz.1). This concludes the idea that Yunior who has cheated on Magda, believes that she should forgive him because he has only made this mistake one time. On the contrast the narrator from The Lovers Dictionary would have to disagree with the perspective Yunior looks at. Levithans narrator says, “It felt the mistake was mine, for trusting you” (Levithan.21). This is a clear observation that the narrator’s partner has most likely cheated on Levithans narrator and there is no more trust in that relationship. The narrator emphasizes that it was a mistake to trust his or her partner, clearly making the point that cheating is no mistake and it’s not something that could be forgiven due to the fact that if there is no trust in a relationship there cannot be a relationship at
Yunior the narrator from This Is How You lose her is the one who cheated in his relationship, but he says “a smelly bone like that, better buried off in the backyard of your life”(Diaz.1). Yunior implies that cheating was nothing more than a small mistake that should never be brought up again. Yunior believes that Magda should forgive him, he even says “I wasn’t about to start looking for a girlfriend because I’d fucked up one lousy time” (Diaz.1). This concludes the idea that Yunior who has cheated on Magda, believes that she should forgive him because he has only made this mistake one time. On the contrast the narrator from The Lovers Dictionary would have to disagree with the perspective Yunior looks at. Levithans narrator says, “It felt the mistake was mine, for trusting you” (Levithan.21). This is a clear observation that the narrator’s partner has most likely cheated on Levithans narrator and there is no more trust in that relationship. The narrator emphasizes that it was a mistake to trust his or her partner, clearly making the point that cheating is no mistake and it’s not something that could be forgiven due to the fact that if there is no trust in a relationship there cannot be a relationship at