500 Days of Summer essay
Meghan McEwan
The film 500 Days of Summer we see a developing relationship between the two main characters Tom and Summer. Some might deny that this is a love story because it doesn’t have your typical happy ending, but none the less it is a love story with a lot to say about relationships and the types of love that are evolved during it. This relationship starts out illustrating how both of the characters view life and love. Tom is described as a hopeless romantic in the beginning of the film and he truly believes in love in all its glory. Summer on the other hand states at the beginning of the film when they are at the bar for the first time that she doesn’t believe in love and she says to Tom “let’s just agree to disagree”. Immediately it’s obvious that both Summer and Tom have conflicting views on love and relationships. Yet, when Tom’s friend drunkenly divulges to Summer that Tom “likes” her. The next day at work they are making out hardcore in the copy room. I really enjoyed watching this film because it helped to show that relationships and perspectives on love and relationships do change and they change quite frequently. Throughout relationships people tend to figure a lot of things out about themselves, for example what they like, what they don’t like, what love really means to them or if they believe in love at all. These different perspectives that are constantly changing can reflect in a positive or a negative light in the relationship. This is all part of growing into the person you really want to be though. Without the ability to gain perspectives, especially in a relationship, then you would be unable to grow as a person and really state what your true feelings are. I would like to point out that in a romantic relationship there are six distinct styles of love and they all have different meanings. They are eros, ludus, storage, mania, pragma and agape. Throughout the film 500 Days of Summer you will be able to see each type of love
The film 500 Days of Summer we see a developing relationship between the two main characters Tom and Summer. Some might deny that this is a love story because it doesn’t have your typical happy ending, but none the less it is a love story with a lot to say about relationships and the types of love that are evolved during it. This relationship starts out illustrating how both of the characters view life and love. Tom is described as a hopeless romantic in the beginning of the film and he truly believes in love in all its glory. Summer on the other hand states at the beginning of the film when they are at the bar for the first time that she doesn’t believe in love and she says to Tom “let’s just agree to disagree”. Immediately it’s obvious that both Summer and Tom have conflicting views on love and relationships. Yet, when Tom’s friend drunkenly divulges to Summer that Tom “likes” her. The next day at work they are making out hardcore in the copy room. I really enjoyed watching this film because it helped to show that relationships and perspectives on love and relationships do change and they change quite frequently. Throughout relationships people tend to figure a lot of things out about themselves, for example what they like, what they don’t like, what love really means to them or if they believe in love at all. These different perspectives that are constantly changing can reflect in a positive or a negative light in the relationship. This is all part of growing into the person you really want to be though. Without the ability to gain perspectives, especially in a relationship, then you would be unable to grow as a person and really state what your true feelings are. I would like to point out that in a romantic relationship there are six distinct styles of love and they all have different meanings. They are eros, ludus, storage, mania, pragma and agape. Throughout the film 500 Days of Summer you will be able to see each type of love