In Stephen King's novel The Long Walk, the main character Ray Garraty is challenged by Peter McVries on his relationship with his girlfriend.
" 'You're cheating what you felt,' Garraty said.
'Ah, you're the one faking it, Ray, not that it matters. All you remember is the great romance, not all the times you went home and jerked your meat after whispering words of love in her shell-pink ear.'
" 'You fake your way, I'll fake mine.' "
Everyone has problems with love. McVries had big problems with his girlfriend and it is different than the troubles that Garraty has, obviously if Garraty has no problems with his girlfriend when it comes down to it then his love is pure. We all have people that try and convince us that we are not in love and that sucks. These people just don't realize that they are not in your mind and they can't tell you that you are not in love. Ray has been split apart from his girl friend for a period of 24 hours at this point and shes one of the only things keeping him on that road. The road would represent a path in live that we are tackling and walking down the things we choose could lead to death but only one thing can keep us going in the end, Love. In my situation the guy i love i have been away from for 3 weeks and before that 4 years. Love keeps you going. This path that Garraty has chosen to take in his personal life is a path that will keep him going, and hopefully keep me going.
" ' You fake your way, I'll fake mine.' "
This text is McVries trying to convince Garraty that he is in fact faking it. Faking your way sometimes is the only thing you can do, until it becomes true. To cheat on life by faking your way is not right but the only thing. Saying your in love is a whole different thing that actually being in love. I know this because i used to say i was in love with someone in grade 6-8 but i wasn't really, love is way different than lust and Garraty is in Love.
thanks for reading
Lorna Wagner
1 comment:
I would have to agree that being in love is not something that another person can define for you. It is also difficult when you are young because most people won't take you seriously. (In defense of old people like myself, it is usually because we did eventually move past whoever we were romantically involved with as a teenager-though some relationships do last).
You have obviously been able to use your own experience to relate to Garraty. Love is certainly one of the greatest inspirations and it runs through real life history and literature, for many heroes from Garraty to Harry Potter.
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