Romance novels

Have you ever read a book so good that it makes you feel like a character is based upon yourself? Have you ever imagined being the hero in a book, or a villain, or just the main character of a novel? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel This side of Paradise, that is exactly what Fitzgerald has done, with not only himself but people from his life as well. When you psychoanalyze the characters from This Side of Paradise, you can see how similar they are to their real life counterparts. This…

physical pain. One of the most popular types of novels are romance novels because most everyone can relate to them. For Hemingway this is one of the main reasons his books are so popular. In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway composes a love story by incorporating concepts of conflict, sacrifice, relatable characters, and emotion. One of the key concepts to any story is conflict, especially in a romance novel. In romance novels this conflict must be emotional to…

Two teenagers, Allie Nelson and Noah Calhoun, fall in love with each other at first sight, but face many difficulties, both alone and together. When Allie has to move away after the Summer they spent together, loving each other, they promise each other to keep in touch. However, due to many obstacles in their road, they never get in touch until fourteen years later when Allie visits Noah before her marriage. They go through lots of hills together, but in the end, they both find happiness…

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is a novel centered around change. As a romantic novel, it demonstrates that people and circumstances can and do change for the better, and that those deserving of a happy ending will find one. Besides the narrative, change is also reflected in the names of certain characters. The dispositions of certain characters-- particularly Sofia, Shug Avery, and Fonso-- and the changes other characters experience as their circumstances evolve-- particularly those of Mr.…

quote, Brett is explaining to Jake that she gets around with other men, and that if Jake and Brett had a real relationship, she most likely continue to “tromper” Jake. Jake only puts up with Brett’s never ending affairs with various men throughout the novel because he is in deep love with Brett and looks past it. Jake doesn’t want to put himself in a position to lose Brett, even if that means letting her have affairs while she is with…

Love is a neurological state created by the brain not just an emotion. The part of the brain that love is centered works like it would if someone was on drugs. One could still consider love as an emotion. Every feeling that can be felt by someone like anger, happiness etc. are felt when someone tells themselves that they love or are in love with someone. All of which triggers a part of the brain. People describe love in many different ways. “Philosophers and poets have pondered the nature of…

What good is love if it kills you? In Lancelot: or the Knight of the Cart, Lancelot embarks on a quest in which his knighthood is put to the ultimate test in order to save his lover Guinevere. Even though she is married to King Author, who was accidentally tricked into giving her away to Meleagant as a prisoner of war. It appears as though Lancelot is the only one who can save her, which he does. Some argue this love triangle was created as a celebration of love, because to be so in love with…

All three texts share similar elements. Throughout the semester we have examined the text of each novel and discussed the similarities or differences in them. I argue that in each of these texts there is a love story that share common themes, throughout each text there is an unwavering desire for someone, and regret in the end. This results in actions that don’t go well for each of the main characters and in each of the texts there is a love triangle that breaks through death. There are also…

Branscum Ethics movie essay I Love You, I Love You Too Have you ever just sat or laid somewhere thinking how sweet and romantic it would be to love someone so much that nothing or no one else in the world mattered at the time? If so, the movie called The Notebook is a great movie to lay there alone or with the person you love and have all those feelings just fill your heart and soul. It is a love story from 1940 about a young couple who are totally opposite from each other in the way that they…

Let’s Spark Up Fifty Shades in Our Eardrum! Ellie Goulding sings “Love Me like You Do,” a song that describes in full detail of a perfect a romantic relationship in which both partners have a thirst and addiction for each other, like Christian and Ana had in Fifty Shades of Grey. Soon before the movie was released on Valentine’s Day, the single “Love Me like You Do” was floating on the radio on the 7th of January in 2015. Before the Fifty Shades of Grey movie came out, the single begin to rise…