The Love Of My Life Boyle Analysis

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Mona Rizzel Palacio
30 September 2015
English 102/Professor Drew
Essay #1 – Revision
Turning Tables T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story “The Love of My Life", provides a dark narrative of the responsibilities of life and love. Despite the decline of teenage crimes committed today, it seems to “reflect variations in prevalence rather than the incidence” (Farrington). Boyle uses his story to express that youth, even those who always “hitting the books, studying late, putting everything in place like pegs in a board (Boyle 556)”, is not an exception for committing crimes.
To apprehend how Boyle begins the story by portraying a magical love and finishing it with an unexpected tragedy, let’s take an insight of the descriptive characteristics of the characters in the story. Jeremy and China seem to be the cliché version of a senior couple. “She kissed him—they kissed whenever they met, no matter where or when, even …show more content…

“On average, the crime rate increases from the minimum age of criminal responsibility to reach a peak in the teenage years” (Farrington). This short story is exceptionally relevant to today’s society. Through the story, we are able to see and experience the difficulties of dealing with the emotional and physical pains of high school relationships, a pregnancy during freshman year of college, and the confusion of what to do afterwards.
One of the things that Boyle would like to make the readers understand is that, youth should not be an exception to be freed of their crimes but also face the consequences of their actions. In a young age with enough intellectual ability, it is very unlikely to The reader Works Cited
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. "The Love of My Life." Making Literature Matter. 6th ed. New York: Bedford/St Martins. 553-566. Print.
Farrington, David P. "Age and Crime." Crime and Justice 7 (1986): 189. JSTOR. Web. 11

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