The Mechanics of Love

Fran pez
Professor Dutt
English 101
October 11, 2003

The Mechanics of Love

What defines love, in the traditional sense, between a man and a woman?

In Bernard Malamud's short story, "The Magic Barrel," love manifests when a person finds the

opposite of himself and shares a common interest with that person . Is love then inspired by

self-interest, or does love have a more profound mystical meaning? Most people will agree that

there exists two types of love: physical and spiritual. Physical love, with deals with the human

body, can be easily explained, but spiritual love, with deals with human emotions, cannot be

easily explained. I think that, from all the emotions, love is the most difficult to explain

Have you ever heard the phase, "opposites at...