Summary LoveisaFallacy ThemeLexicaldevicesSyntacticdevicesRhetoricaldevicesDiscoursecohesiondevicesTheChiefAttractionoftheText Thetheme Thethemeofthestoryisstatedbythewriterinthetitleofthestory MaxSchulmanwantsthereader afterreadingthestory toconcludethat love isanerror adeceptionandanemotionthatdoesnotfollowtheprinciplesoflogic Butthewriter throughthisstoryhassucceededperhapsunwittingly unconsciously inrevealingwhatlovemaysometimesmeanintheaffluentsociety Girlsdonotwantbrilliant giftedoreducatedhusbands butwanthusbandswhoarerichandwealthyenoughtoprovideallthewealthythingsnecessaryforkeepingupwiththeJoneses home clothes cars bigmansions famousbrandcars etc LexicaldevicesThelexicalspectrumiscolorful Thismixaddstotherealismofthestory Onewouldexpectafreshmantotalklikethat 1 Theuseofexclamatorywords Thesewordsinclude Gee Oo Wow dow showingthatthegirlissimple mindedandstupid 2 TheuseofclippedvulgarformsSuchformsas delish marvy sensaysh terrif and magnif arechosentocreatetheimageofthesimple mindednessandstupidityofthegirl 3 TheuseofultralearnedtermsManysuchtermsas DictoSimpliciter PostHoc AdMisericordiam showingboastingofthenarratorcontrastssharplywiththesimple mindednessofthegirl 4 TheuseofcommendatorywordsThesetermsinclude cool logical keen calculating perspicacious acute powerful precise and penetrating SuchacleverfreshmanismadeinsharpcontrastwiththedumbPeteyBurch 5 TheuseofderogatorytermsManyderogatorytermstodescribePeteyBurch whois dumb nothingupstairs emotional unstable impressionable and Worstofall afaddist ThedumbnessofPeteyBurchisvividlyportrayedhere 6 TheuseofcolloquialwordsForexample dumb pin up kid gosteady date HolyToledo casual kick laugh terrif magnif yummy fireaway and darn toaddrealismtothestory 7 TheuseofslangsHerearesomeexamples nothingupstairs keen deal nut knockoneout dreamy howcute well heeled rat knot head jitterbug guy fracture andmanyothers Theselexicaldevicestogetherhelptocontributetothevividnessandaestheticbeautyoftheessay Rhetoricaldevices 1 Simile Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo aspreciseasachemist sscales aspenetratingasascalpel 2 Metaphor 1 Mybrain thatprecisioninstrument slippedintohighgear 2 Inotherwords ifyouareoutofthepicture thefieldwouldbeopen 3 Metonymy 1 Iwasnotonetoletmyheartrulemyhead 2 Thereisalimittowhatfleshandbloodcanbear Syntacticdevices TheuseofsimplesentencesTheyshed Theysmellbad Theyweightoomuch They reunsightly Theuseofsentencefragments Sameage samebackground butdumbasanox Worstofall afaddist Theuseofend focussentences IthappenedthatI asalawstudent wastakingacourseinlogicmyself soIhadallthefactsatmyfingertips Theuseofellipticalsentences Emotionaltype Unstable Impressionable TheuseofdashesandshortdialoguestomaintainafastpaceExamplesseepara 139 150 Theuseofinvertedsentences CoolwasIandlogical LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks 4 Antithesis Itis afterall easiertomakeabeautifuldumbgirlsmartthantomakeanuglysmartgirlbeautiful 5 Hyperbole 1 Itisnotoftenthatonesoyoungsuchagiantintellect 2 Hejuststoodandstaredwithmadlustatthecoat 3 Youarethewholeworldtome andmoonandthestarsandtheconstellationsofouterspace 6 Rhetoricalquestion CouldCarlyledomore CouldRuskin Whoknew 7 Parody What sPollytome ormetoPolly aparodyof What sHecubatohimorhetoHecubathatheshouldweepforher fromShakespeare sHamlet Discoursecohesiondevices Thewords raccooncoat appear18timesinallandthereare12pronounsfor raccooncoat Thelast3wordsoftheessayarealso araccooncoat Inall thewords raccooncoat appear31timesintheessay Theword fallacy appears17timesinallintheessayanditservesasaperfectexampleofcohesion TheChiefAttractionoftheText ThehumorThewholestoryisapieceoflight humoroussatire satirizingasmug self conceitedfreshmaninalawschool 1 thetitleThetitleishumorous Thewriterwantsthereaderstoconcludethat love isanerror adeceptionandanemotionthatdoesnotfollowtheprinciplesoflogic 2 theauthor snote spongy limp flaccid arespecificcharacteristicsofhisessay Heisjoking whichindicatesthatthewholestoryishumorous 3 thecontrastthelawstudent thegirl PeteyboastinghimselfV S downgradingtheothers4 theendingofthestorytheraccooncoatwhichthelawstudentdespisesandgiveittohisroommatefortheexchangeofhisgirlfriendhasfinallybecometherootcauseofhislosinghisgirlfriend 5 thecleverchoiceofthenamesPettey pityEspy Ispy Thankyou