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Dynamic love triangle in We The Living
Dynamic love triangle in We The Living
Angel Werth
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How does a changing moral character
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affect romance? In Einran's We the
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Living, the main characters to two love
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interests go through opposite character
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arcs. Kira's early love for the educated
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and aristocratic Leo is challenged as he
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becomes more cynical, reckless,
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inconsiderate of her, and even
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unprincipled. For much of the novel,
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though, she is devoted to his well-being
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and never questions that devotion. Does
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his past virtue mean that he deserves
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that devotion? Does the regime's
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persecution of him excuse his later
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actions? On the other hand, there's her
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friend Andre, a Soviet officer she
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completely disagrees with politically.
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But over the course of the novel, he
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makes lots of important realizations,
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including moral ones, in large part
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because of his love for her. He grows
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considerably as a person. Does this mean
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that ultimately he deserves her? Would
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they ever be happy together
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romantically? The novel weaves together
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the political views of the characters,
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the conditions they face, and the
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choices they make to make a changing
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landscape of a love triangle. One that
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offers deep questions and intense
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emotions.
