Love Story By Segal: What Is Love

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another." (J.Leavitt) Segal’s original style of writing allowed readers to laugh as well as cry with the characters as though they were along with them.
Erich Segal begins his novel by informing the readers of the tragic death of a "twenty-five year old girl", who by the second page, readers can identify as Jenny Cavilleri, a "wisecracking Radcliffe music major". Even though well aware of the ill-fated destiny of this beautiful young woman, readers will still cry as the heroine of this book experiences her last days of life, and her unfortunate death. However, even as Jenny knows she has only minutes left to live, she is still as sharp-witted and opinionated as ever. As Oliver goes to say his final good-bye to Jenny, she shows that she will never change.
"Screw Paris and music and all the crap you think you stole from me. I don’t care you sonovabitch. Can’t you believe that?"
"No," I answered truthfully.
"Then get the hell out of here," she said. "I don’t want you at ...

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