Summary-of-Love-is-a-Fallacy

Summa ry ofLovei sa FailacySummary of the Text..Thi.essa.surpasse.th.ver.informa.writin.styl.o.Charle.Lamb.wh.wa.extraordinaril.imaginativ.an.enterprising.an.indee.demonstrate.th.fu.an.beaut.o.logic.I.i.tol.b.th.mai.characte.whos.nam.i.neve.revealed...Thoug.onLl.year.old..wa.th.elit.o.m.peers.On.Frida.afternoo..foun.m.stupi.roommat.Pete.Burc.lyin.i.be.i.grea.distress.A.firs..though.h.wa.il.bu.the..discovere.h.wa.desperat.fo..raccoo.coat.th.fa.a.tha.time.declarin.h.woul.giv.anythin.fo.it.Loccurre.t.m.tha..couLge.a.ol.raccoo.coa.fro.m.fathe.an.exchang.i.fo.nsomething..ha.bee.covetin.fo.som.time—hi.girlfrien.Poll.Espy.••Th.nex.Monda.morning..returne.t.schoo.an.showe.hi.th.hair.coat.H.wen.crazy.Howev er.h.wa.no.s.happ.whe..autifu.Polly.••M.firs.dat.wit.Poll.o.Tuesda.evenin.disappointe.m.s.muc.tha..almos.returne.he.t.Petey.fo.sh.seeme.to.foolis.t.b.m.wife.However.he.physica.charm.wer.irresistibl.s..decide.t.teac.he.t.thin.an.t.lear.logic.••Th.nex.time.a.th.campu.trystin.plac..taugh.he.th.fallacie.calle.Dict.Simpliciter.Hast.Generalization.Pos.Hoc.an.Contradictor.Premises.bu.he.hea.wa.logic-proof.Agai..wante.t.giv.he.bac.t.Petey.Yet.i.fo..penny.i.fo..pound..decide.t.teac.he.A.Misericordiam.Fals.Analogy.Hypothesi.Contrar.t.Fact.an.Poisonin.th.Well.A.thi.fina.fallacy..glimme.o.intelligenc.sparke.i.he.eyes..enthusiasticall.followed.u.wit.revie.o.al..ha.taugh.her.M.fiv.gruelin.night.pai.welL.ha.finall.mad..logicia.ou.o.Polly.Whe.nex.w.sa.unde.ou.oa.tree..trie.t.chang.ou.relationshi.fro.academi.t.romantic.onl.t.fin.eac.o.m.romanti.phrase.an.proposal.refute.b.he.a.fallacies.finalLrejectin.m.i.favo.o.Petey.A.m.questio.fo.th.reaso.o.he.no.goin.ou.wit.me.sh.sai.tha.tha.ver.afternoo.sh.ha.promise.t.g.stead.wit.Petey..wa.furious.an.aske.he.fo.th.logica.reaso.fo.he.preferenc.o.Pete.ove.me.Pollys answerwas thatPercy hadgot a raccoon coat!The raccoon coat thatI dislikedandabhorred andhad givento Peteyfor the privilege of dating Pollywas nowthe veryinstrumentof myundoing!Love isdelusive andlogically unpredictable!StyleAppreciationThe titleof the story,humorous andwell chosen,has twomeanings:when fallacyis takenliterally,the titlemeans:nLove isdeceptive anddelusive.When takenwith itslogical meaning,the titlemeans:Love cannotbe deducedfrom aset ofgiven*flpremises...Th.stor.i.satirizin..sclf-conccitc.frcshma.i..la.school-.th.narrato.o.th.story.H.goe.aroun.smugl.boastin.an.praisin.himsel.a.ever.chanc.h.gets.Fro.Para.

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1..living.breathin.thing.ful.o.beauty.passion.an.trauma..Th.stor.i.se.i..la.schoo.a.th.universit.o.Minnesota.U.S.A.Th.protagonist.self-conceite.freshma.i..la.school.i.mad.th.narrato.o.th.story.wh.goe.o.smugl.boastin.an.singin.praise.o.himsel.a.ever.conceivabl.opportunity.Fro.th.ver.beginning.h.start.t.hea.o.himsel.al.th.beautifu.word.o.prais.h.ca.thin.o.—.Hcoor,.nlogicar,.Hkeenn.ncalculatingn.,perspicaciousn.nacuten.nastute,,.npowerfur,.npr ecise.an.penetrating..A.th.sam.time.th.narrato.take.ever,opportunist,downgrad.Pete.Burch.H.consider.hi.ndumbn.nnothin.upstairsn.nemotionaln.nunstablen.nimpressionablen.an.n.faddistn.Wha.i.more.h.regard.Poll.Esp.a.n,.wh.woul.smarte.u.unde.hi.guidance.I.orde.t.smarte.he.up.th.narrato.decide.t.giv.he..cours.i.logic.Unfortunately.h.succeed.to.wel.becaus.th.whoLthin.backfire.o.hi.whe.Poll.refute.al.hi.argument.a.logica.fallacie.befor.finall.rejectin.him.Ldesperatio.th.narrato.argue.tha/th.thing.yo.lear.i.schoo.don\hav.anythin.t.d.i.life.n（P^ra.l45）Thi.appea.doe.no.mov.Poll.becaus.sh.doe.no.rejec.hi.o.logica.grounds.Sh.reject.hi.becaus.h.doe.no.ow..raccoo.coa.a.Pete.B urc.does.A.th.en.o.th.story.th.reade.feel.th.narrato.ha.go.wha.h.deserves.lov.canno.b.deduce.fro..se.o.give.premises.Th.write.employ..whol.variet.o.technique.t.mak.hi.stor.vivid.dramatic.an.colorful.Thi.ca.b.show.b.havin..close.examinatio.o.th.origina.tex.fro.th.followin.fou.aspect.---lexica.devices.syntacti.devices.figure.o.speech.an.discours.analysis.全文概述General ideaof thetext:This textisa piece ofnarrative writing.The narratorof thestory,Dobie Gillis,a selfconceitedfreshmanin alaw school,is theprotagonist.He strugglesagainst twoantagonists:Petey Burch,his stupidroommate whosegirl friendhe plansto steal,and PollyEspy,the beautifuldumb girlheintends tomarry aftersuitable re-education.Petey,a faddist,is eagerfor araccooncoat,andhe decidesto exchangehis girlfriend Peteyfor itwith Dobie.Dobie has affection forPolly forlongout ofpractical considerations.Dumb asPolly is,she hasthe makingsto becomea suitablewifeof alawyer.In orderto smartenher up,Dobie decidesto giveher acourse in logic.Heteaches herhow torecognize thecommon fallaciesof logic.He succeedstoo wellbecause the（造成相反结果）whole thingbackfires onhim when Polly refutesall hisarguments aslogicalfallacies beforefinally rejectinghim.In desperationDobie arguesthat“the thingsyou learninschool don*t haveanything todo inlife.The appealdoes notmove Pollybecause Dobiedoesnot ownaraccooncoat asPetey Burchdoes.Ironically,the raccooncoat whichDobie givestoPetey fortheprivilegeofdatinghis girl,the raccooncoat whichDobie dislikesand abhors,is（毁灭）.the instrumentof hisown undoing美文欣赏及写作特点The wholestory isapieceof narrationof light,humorous satire.Its themeis statedin the title:Love isa fallacyv,which canbe understoodin twoways.When“fallacy”is takenliterally,thetitlemeans:Love isdeceptive ordelusivev.When takenasaspecific terminlogic,it means:Love cannotbe deducedfrom aset ofgivenpremises.nThe storyreaches itsclimax inparagraphs147-150whenPollyrefuses to go steadywithDobie becauseshe has already promisedtogosteady withPetey Butch.The denouement（结局）follows rapidlyand endsin a very ironicnote.Dobie ignoresthe factthat loveis thesincere attachmentwhich arisesnaturally frombothhearts,and hefails towin Pollybecause hehas beentoo cleverfor hisown good.Max Shulmanhasastyle quiteof hisown.The storywhich isfull ofAmerican colloquialismandslang goesforward ataveryfast pace.He employsa wholevariety ofwriting techniquestomake hisstory vivid,dramatic andcolorful osuch asa largelexical spectrum,figurativelanguage,inversion forspecial emphasis,and manyfigures ofspeech likesimile,metaphor,hyperbole,metonymy,and antithesis.The speedofthenarration ismaintained bythe useofshort sentences,elliptical sentencesand dashesthroughout thestory.This mixadds totherealism ofthestory.。