â??Love is a Fallacy' is a short story by Max Shulman is about a college student who seeks to â??educateâ?? his future wife. To do so, he teaches her about logical argument and how to avoid the most common fallacies. Unfortunately, she learns too well and soon is using his own arguments against him.
Love is a fallacy by Max Shulman
Max Shulman was born in 1919.
The setting of "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Shulman is a college dormitory at an unnamed university where the narrator lives with his roommate, Petey. The story takes place in the mid-20th century and revolves around the narrator's attempts to teach Petey about logic and reasoning in the pursuit of becoming more intelligent and winning the affection of a girl named Polly.
The narrator in "Love is a Fallacy" is a self-absorbed and logical college student who believes he can use reasoning to win over his crush. He is overconfident in his own intelligence and underestimates the complexity of human emotions. Throughout the story, he tries to apply logical fallacies to persuade the girl to date him, showcasing his arrogance and lack of emotional intelligence.
David Shulman died in 2004.
In the short story, "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Schulman, the narrator tried to teach a dumb girl how to be smarter. The main theme for the story is accept a person for who he/she is
Max Shulman has written: 'Max Shulman's large economy size, 3 novels in 1 volume' 'Barefoot boy with cheek' -- subject(s): College students, Fiction, University of Minnesota 'The tender trap' 'Potatoes are cheaper' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'I was a teen-age dwarf'
love him because of himself :)
It's a pity that has been your experience, but you are quite wrong.
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The narrator has a raccoon coat that Petey Bellows admires and wants to borrow in the story "Love is a Fallacy."
intelligent