Miss Brills caught my attention because of the descriptive setting. When I was reading about the old people in the park it made me laugh because my grandfather does the same thing. He would take my little cousins to the park, sit on the benches near the flowers, and watch them run and play. In this story it contains a "play" who has a hero and heroine who were "beautifully dressed" and coming off a yacht which shows they must have money. This proves aspects of formula fiction very true.

The beginning of Love in L.A. sounds like a typical boy's life who is moving on up to becoming a man. This is starting to be a typical love struck story where the damsel in distress gets the guy's number. The only difference here is that her "hero" is the one who got into the accident with her? Surprised? Nope...the guy reacts as anyone would to a pretty girl. Also known as lying to seem like a better person. Jake was a well thought out person. He knew who he was and what he wanted to be. He was prepared for the unexpected. He had an answer for everything- even fake license plates!

Anything to do with love is complicated yet simple. Whether they are books, movies, or plays they are predictable- to a point. There are always going to be similar plots, or settings, or characteristics in the characters. But it is up to us to interpret in different ways. Whether you relate it to family members or friends. We can make it more personal and interesting if we apply it to out own life. I think this is what the authors wanted to do in these excerpts