Chapter Four: Losing the Way
Term: Dilemma
Love has a way of making someone want to take chances. Le Ly was in love with the Anh, a married man. Le Ly's mother sensed the changes in her daughter because of Anh and talked to Le Ly about the sanctity of marriage. Le Ly thought to herself after listening to her mother, "She couldn't see how it broke my heart to be caught in this dilemma--to accept Anh's love, wrong another woman, and endanger his fine family; or reject him and not only risk our own position but lose this small bit of happiness I had finally found in life". The purpose of this quote is to show readers that Le Ly was finally happy and in love for the first time. However, she was stuck in a dilemma. She either had to accept Anh's love and ruin his family or reject him and lose her happiness. For the first time in her life she has felt respect from a man and was close to discovering what hope was for. In the movie, Becoming Jane, a woman is torn between the decision to run away with the man she loves but leave his family in danger or not be with him but have his family safe. She chooses to leave him, but this results in her never finding love again because he was her true love. Love is an emotion that makes people feel special and also wanted. When Le Ly feels this, she does not want to let it go. She is happy for once, and her mother told her when she was little to protect her happiness. Le Ly would do just that.
this song came to mind as I read through this chapter: lyrics- http://www.songlyrics.com/brendan-james/different-kind-of-love-lyrics/
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