th could have lost the love of her life because of it. In everyday life, this prejudice from love causes controversy. In the future, I will not be so blinded by this. Due to the popular culture presentations, I now concentrate on the real message of songs. I can look past the romantic theme, and listen to what the songs are truly revealing. I find myself not being as emotionally swayed by the lyrics. I laugh at the majority of songs I used to think had a deep profound meaning behind them that stirred such strong emotions inside of me. Due to the movies that we have viewed in class, I believe romance is a Hollywood created concept. I had never realized how unrealistic the views of love being portrayed really are. Starting from a small child with Disney movies, all the way to modern day films such as Jerry McGuire, give the idea that fairy tale love exists and can happen in everyday live. This only leads one to set their expectations too high, and then is let down in the end. Although the situations in the novels and popular culture presentations differed, the theme to me personally was the same. Love makes people blind and it hurts. Nel learned this lesson in Sula. She had no control over the fate of her marriage. Nel had lost contact with the reality of life outside of her marriage. Once the marriage was over, she had nothing left, just as Charity was after the ending of her relationship. Neither one of these characters had anyone left in their lives, because they closed themselves off, concerning themselves only with their relationships.This course has taught me how to have a better approach to love. It has taught me to look past the romantic side of love, and see it for what it is really worth. I had become swept up in the country’s romantic idea of love and have been looking for that in relationships. I had even found that “ideal love”. Then my reality hit. I now view love in a more realistic ...
