Friday, March 23, 2007

A Summary of Max Schulman's "Love Is a Fallacy"

The story "Love is a fallacy" is about an intelligent guy who had a friend named Petey who was the opposite of him.Petey was a very dumb guy not like him.The intelligent guy likes a lady named Polly who Petey also admires.So he used his intelligende over Petey.That time racoon coats were popular,so he had a deal with Petey.He made him choose between the racoon coat or Polly.Being a dumb guy,he chose the racon coat.So the intellegent guy seized his chance.He then did some actions to be closer to Polly.Polly was a very beautiful lady but a very stupid one too.So he did everything to make her a perfect partner for him.He asks her out to teeach her about fallacies.He explained to her all the types of fallacies.And with his patience,he had succeeded on making her knowledgeable about fallacies.

He then decided to express his feelings towards her but each time he tries to,Polly can spot a right fallacy for it.She kept on using the fallacies in every sentence he gives in expressing his love.In the end,Polly admitted that she can't be his girl because she has already said yes to someone.To Petey!!And just because of one reason,because Petey has a racoon coat.