Did Eveline love Frank? Did Marianna love Jake? Did Marin love Geraldo? Is love real? There was an exploration of these topics in these three stories which are Eveline by James Joyce, Love in L.A. by Dagoberto Gilb, and Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros. These books explore love in the minds of three women and men: Eveline and Frank, Mariana and Jake, and Marin and Geraldo in their respective order. Is love real or is it fake? Is there such thing as love?
Eveline was a very loyal person that wanted freedom from her father but loved him dearly. Eveline would do anything to gain space from her Father and met a man named Frank who could give her freedom and a great life. She would have to move away from her father and go to a country that…show more content… Jake crashed into Marianna and then was going to drive off but had a feeling that made him get outside and exchange information. While exchanging information, he began to try and sweet talk his way out of everything and Marianna was not falling for it. She asked him for all his information and he offered information but some of it was incorrect so she could never find him and track him down. She kept pushing the conversation and everything Jake tried to do did not work as she had an answer ready for everything that he tried and it did not work. She was more focused on getting her car fixed than trying to make conversation with a man that had just crashed into her car. She was more into responsibilities as there is no hint of love in this story as she did not even have anything holding her back from a relationship with him besides the fact that she did not like him. But, there was no reason for her to fall in love with him as she did not know him, he crashed into her, and he was a random guy. Jake was more focused on freedom as shown by the author writing, “Jake was thinking about his freedom of his so much that when he glimpsed its green light he just went ahead and stared bye-bye to the steadily employed” (Gilb 43). Jake wanted to feel free more than anything as he was slouching in his car and was not even paying attention to the road which is what…show more content… After the club, he was in a car accident and had to go to the hospital; however, while everyone drove by the accident the woman, Marin, decided to stay and go with him to the hospital and tell the police and doctors everything. This is a very uncommon story that happened by chance as described in the story, “Marin can’t explain why it mattered, the hours and hours, for somebody she didn’t even know… He wasn’t anything to her. He wasn’t her boyfriend or anything like that. Just another brazer who didn’t speak English” (Cisneros 357). It appears as if she had started to feel for him and now is beginning to like him and wanted to begin a relationship with him of some sorts because everyone left and no one knew who he was as even she just met him. She had only known him for a few hours while they were dancing, but she decided to stay for some reason and fell for him unlike most who just drove. There is a hint of something here which could be love, or it could just be infatuation; however, there was something deep there for her to do all of that for him which could be the only scenario out of the
