Chris Garneau's 'The Lover'

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Baby’s Romance by Chris Garneau is the perfect song to describe the unnamed narrator of The Lover, because of the belief that pain and love can be mixed into one that is repeated throughout both pieces. All throughout the story, she goes back and forth between love and hate for her dearest mother, the woman who created her and destroyed her all at once. She describes the woman her mother is, making her sound whimsical and beautiful; and then turns around to describe the awful things she does, and the awful things done to her. Even with every remark she has, she never falls low enough to denounce her love. Upon reading this girl’s thoughts and emotions toward her mother, I am left with a similar sense of confusion and clarity, an inconsistent

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