Analysis Of The Story 'Love Is Not A Pie'

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In her story “Love Is Not a Pie,” Amy Bloom show her audience how love is supposed to be feel and not how society perceive it. Amy explain the significant of the title on page 18 and 19 when Ellen and her sister lizzie was talking. Amy wrote “Love is not a pie, honey. I love you and Ellen differently because you are different people, wonderful people, but not at all the same.” The title of the story basically explains how love is not something that can be experienced and/ or expressed differently among different people. It also shows how love is not something that can be divide and handed out in quantities. Which could be why Ellen changed her mind on marrying John Wescott.
During the eulogy at her mom funeral, Ellen started to think about

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