hence L.A. love or Hollywood love. Paragraph 37 is the slight hope of romance. After the paragraph there is no hope and she is on to him. In the last paragraph, he is back in his own fantasy world where all things are possible.Q.)What is the effect of setting the storys action in a Los Angeles traffic jam on the Hollywood Freeway?A.)Because L.A. is a fantasy place, not real, where real love and pretend love are confused and mixed up. The Freeway is just the stage for this opportunity to be acted out.Q.)In a sentence or two write down what you think the storys theme is. How does the title contribute to that theme?A.)The theme is playing a game of love opposed to really showing your real self. The real self often comes through and the games end. Acting like you care is like not caring and in L.A., Hollywood, acting is sometimes as good as the real thing (to an actor).In conclusion, Gilb, in his short stories, puts a part of him in every one of them. He tries to make them personal and meaningful, maybe not to others, but at least to himself. Now divorced and the father of an infant daughter, Gilb has been teaching for the last three years at Southwest Texas State University. Large, loud, tempestuous, Gilb is anything but professorial (Muy Macho8)....
