Yoto Yotov's 'Last Love'

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Jessica Favreau
Ms. C. Connor
ENC-1102-06839
March 4th, 2018
“Last Love” by Yoto Yotov
“Last Love” by Yoto Yotov is a deep account of longing and desperation in seeking love in unconventional circumstances. The most prevalent themes recognized are love, dreaming, simplicity, war, and change. “Last Love” has a dynamic narrative that gave pause with the realization of the ending changing the face value of the beginning. This is a story of a simple-living travelling soldier who falls in love with Death personified as a woman through a dream. He finds true love and happiness with her, best expressed as a dream interpretation definition for a lover met in a dream “to dream that the love of others fills you with happy forebodings, successful affairs …show more content…

“Not everyone values simplicity in the way others do” (Mack). Simple things are easy to explain, understand and adapt. Different people experience simplicity in different ways. The narrator lives a simple life by travels far and wide, not keeping a home, family, or lover. Ian Reader wrote that “everyday circumstances, routines, and social contexts” becomes repetitive and striking a rambling pilgrimage is “the basic human conditions of being restless and wishing to see new horizons and see new places.” suggesting one reason of why this soldier wanders: he is restless. The narrator breaks down certain facts into understandable variables. For example, in the beginning, he explains his perceptions of the concept of good. He acknowledges that good is relative and that what he considers good may be unpleasant to another person. He also explains the carefree life he has spent wandering in places that are simple and devoid of comfort. His life has been basic, living only to survive another day. The way the narrator explains his journey to the isolated inn exhibits simplicity. He says that he had nowhere specifically to be and a lot of time to get to wherever that was. He is committed only to following a road and discover where it led him. The simplicity of his intentions and journey speak of the simplicity he exudes. He also simplifies the process of judging people when he explains that “(the innkeeper) offered me a bed and a meal but, at the same time, kindly reminded me that these services were not for free. He was not rude but knew what he was offering and its worth.” (Yotov). The narrator’s needs are simple, and he is on his way as soon as he concludes

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