Falling in Love by Sandra Birdsell

Write an essay about 1000 words long in response to the following questions. bE SURE TO SET UP A CLEAR THESIS IN YOUR INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOP IDEAS WITH SELECTED QUOTATIONS AND INTERPRETIVE COMMENT. Avoid plot summary by setting up each paragraph with a topic sentence and then following through with supporting evidence. Double-spaced and printed in 11 or 12 point type.

The question is:

In Sandra Birdsell’s ” Falling in Love” Lureen, the first-person narrator, recall how she has coped with her boyfriend´s sudden decision to leave her after having lived together for six months. Early in the narrative, she states,”Thisyear,I have learned something about the eternal combustion engine, about love”(369).What does her story show she has learned about love? In what sense perhaps is love`s combustion both internal and eternal? .