Love is a Fallacy
Comprehension Questions Answered by: Kylle Louisse Y. Espeleta
1. How would you describe the narrator of the story? The story starts out with the narrator blowing his ow horn in which you could derive that his heads are high above the clouds. Further reading you it is prove that he is indeed intelligent but you could also tell that he is both calculative and manipulative.
2. How was Petey Bellow described in the story? Petey was the opposite of the narrator, he was explicitly described descri bed as an idiot most specifically akin to an ox. He’s also called a faddst, which means Petey was always going swept by the current of trends. How about Polly? Polly was beautiful beautiful lady. She’s also gracious and always acts with poise. Nevertheless, she lacks intelligence. Do you really think that they are dumb as they were described? No, they are not. Mainly due to the narrator not presenting any fact. Most of his observations are highly subjective, his views of intelligence was different thus he’s saying they a re dumb.
3. What is the narrator’s reason for wanting Polly? The narrator is thinking about the future, he’s already looking for a suitable wife that would fit her criteria which Polly is perfect for except the intelligence part.
4. From whose point of view was the story told? It was from the narrator’s point of view. Is the telling of the story logical? Why or why not? No, the narrator himself is a walking illogical ill ogical person, he’s basically basically an irony of what he thinks of himself. He criticizes Petey for wanting a raccoon coat to be in the swim. He’s a bit hypocritical because he
wants Polly to be on par with other successful lawyers when he graduates.
5. In which part of the story did the narrator commit fallacies? Can you identify the other instances that he committed fallacies other than those that Polly has mentioned? For Example, in the first part of the story, what fallacies are committed? In the first part of the story, he already committed the fallacy called, “Poisoning the Well”. Before the story even began, he already instilled in everyone’s mind that he is smart and also Petey is stupid. There is also a part where he remembers his observation of the successful lawyers. Because they have beautiful, gracious and intelligent wives, he thinks that it is suitable to have a wife with those qualities. This is a fallacy that is “False Analogy”.
6. Using your annotations and summary, identify the following: Purpose/Intention of the author The author intends to tell the readers that emotions and logic don’t go hand in hand. Assumption of the author The author made unjustified assumptions of the other two characters’ intellectual capacity and wit. Claim of the author The author claims that he is a very intellectual person, and that he is better than other people.
7. The story is satirical and ironic at the same time. Can you show how irony was used in the story? There are three instances where irony is very evident in the story: When the narrator criticizes Petey for wanting a raccoon coat when he himself is a supremacist who only wants Polly for his own personal gain. When Shulman impulsively concludes that Polly is a dumb person, when in the end he ends up stuck in stalemate with Polly after his plan backfired badly.
After all that you’d think that Polly would be a lot smarter, but in the end she ultimately winds up with Petey solely because of his raccoon coat.
8. Is the author successful I accomplishing his purpose? Why or why not? Yes, the author is successful in accomplishing his purpose because at the end, it just portrayed how sometimes people are irrational when they get with their emotions and how emotions and logic just do not go hand in hand
9. If you were Polly, would you fall for the narrator or for Petey? If I were Polly, and if I were to given a choice as to ONLY choose one, ad no other option or alternative is allowed, then I would choose. Petey. Yes, Petey might be sallow, but at least he’s not a cold manipulative, peacock. A loving relationship cannot form if Polly will get with the narrator because in the first place, he is basically using her.
10. Do you agree that love is a fallacy? Why or why not? No, I do not agree that love is a fallacy. Love is so much more than that, it is something that is incomprehensible, and therefore should not and cannot be deduced as just being a fallacy. But yes, when people are in love, they do irrational, illogical, and fallacious actions. But love itself is not a fallacy. Love is love
